meteorologist kristen cornett from our affiliate kmov in st. louis, missouri, has the latest. hi, kristen. t> reporter: reena, this excessive heat blanketing a large swath of the country-- we're talking the midwest into the great lakes, and into the northeast. anok at these forecast-high temperatures we're expecting on sunday. from 103° in dallas, to 94 in st. louis and chicago, and 99° expected in new york city. and check this out, once you combine the effects of the heat and humidity, here's what it's going to feel like on sunday, a heat index of 103° in new york city. 102° in st. louis. ay6° in dallas. kansas city gets a little bit of a relief tomorrow. lie rest of the midwest wets some relief after tomorrow licause of severe storms xpected. we're expected isolated to scattered severe storms for parts of the midwest into the great lakes. towever, for those of you in the northeast, well it looks like above average temperatures are expected to stick around at least through the fourth of july holiday. thena? >> ninan: kristen cornett, thank you so much. in the west, hundreds of

elaine. >> quijano: kristen cornett, thank you. the heat and high winds are fueling more than two dozen wildfires in the west. a new fire erupted in northern california, and in colorado there's been an arrest in a wildfire that's been burning for more than a month. mireya villarreal has the details. >> reporter: fast-moving flames in northern california kept fire crews busy saturday. gusty wind conditions fueled the blaze, and by sunday morning the so-called "county fire" had exploded. night sky just outside sacramento was lit up as the fire tore through more than 22,000 acres, threatening dozens of structures and forcing evacuations. it's the same in colorado, where high temperatures and high winds are fueling the spring fire. >> pretty intense. i had about maybe five minutes to get out of there. >> reporter: so far it's singed more than 41,000 acres and evacuated 2,000 homes, including ryan pittman's. >> across the street, about maybe 150 yards, 200 yards, the flames were coming up and over. >> reporter: on saturday, jesper jorge