rob marciano is in colorado springs, meteorologist karen maginnes is watching the heat, and athena jones is keeping an eye on the outages on the east coast, which could be a very dangerous combination with the heat for people hours from now. this all after a violent line of thunderstorms swept across the east coast. you're looking at the fierce winds and heavy rains that pounded indiana. and in virginia, falling trees killed two people and over a million people are without power. there are widespread outages from indiana to new jersey. athena jones is in rockville, maryland, this morning, where the power is out and triple-digit temperatures are expected. athena, what kind of progress are crews making to try and get this power back on? >> reporter: well, good morning. it's happening slowly but surely. the utility companies tell us their workers are out assessing the damage. they can't yet give estimates on how long it's going to take them to restore power to people around here. in this county, in rockville, maryland, montgomery county, about 200,000 people are without power. that's about

. >>> karen maginnes is joining me now. karen, that was a tough story, wasn't it? lot of people there need a lot of help. i guess the question is, will firefighters in colorado springs get any help from the weather today? >> it's going to be a variable situation. we're not going to see any dramatic change coming up in the next 24 hours. this is a view of google earth of where that fire is. right now, this is interstate 25. this is the area that has already consumed just about 18,000 acres. and it has moved over these 14,000-foot peaks, and it ballooned on tuesday afternoon more than doubled in size. this is what we're expecting as we go throughout the afternoon. and in the vicinity of colorado springs, that's where we're looking at just about a 20% chance of some showers, nothing very dramatic at all expected across this region. as a matter of fact, a lot of times, you get dry thunderstorms. that's what firefighters do not want to happen. but certainly, it is a possibility, at least, at least a small one, in the forecast. well, as we take a look at what happens as

rob marciano is in colorado springs, meteorologist karen maginnes is watching the heat, and athena jonesye on the outages on the east coast, which could be a very dangerous combination with the heat for people hours from now. this all after a violent line of thunderstorms swept across the east coast. you're looking at the fierce winds and heavy rains that pounded ina.