pieces of the roof this comes after the uk issues first ever amber extreme heat warning. >>> michelle grossmanmonitoring the unrelenting fire danger. michelle >> i know, it is going on and on we're going to have that threat once again today we have red flag warnings in place. we're looking mainly at idaho and montana for the biggest threat we're going to ctie onnuto watch that throughout the day. we'll be right back. hat your digestive system isn't working at it's best taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic metamucil. support your daily digestive health. and try metamucil fiber thins. a great tasting and easy way to start your day. (vo) we made a promise to our boy blue that we would make the healthiest foods possible... ...with the finest natural ingredients and real meat first. and that's our promise to you and your dog or cat. because when you love them like family, you want

michelle grossman, thanks for being on top of it for us.orm is only one of the new safety concerns hampering the rescue efforts at champlain towers in surfside, florida. a short time ago plans were announced to demolish the standing portion of the collapsed condo tomorrow. this comes as the city of miami beach orders evacuation of another condominium to protect against a collapse. a new death toll of 24 was announced leaving 124 people unaccounted for. joining me, charles burkett, the mayor of surfside. mayor, thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. i know you are an incredibly busy man so i appreciate you taking the time and efforts to speak with us this afternoon. you just heard our meteorologist, michelle grossman, talking about elsa. worst case scenario, headed toward your state, hopefully not exactly towards surfside but nonetheless it is certainly going to hamper your rescue efforts there. talk first to me about the decision in demolishing the neighboring building. i know as of yesterday when you had the press conference the decisi

michelle grossman, talk about the tropical storm, one of the reasons why the demolition happened in the first place and so quickly obviously was el is aelsa barrels toward florida. what do we know about the path of the tropical storm and what folks can expect. >> hi there. two pieces of this puzzle. where will it impact in the u.s.? is looks like the greatest impacts will be felt on the west coast of florida. in surfside they'll have rains and winds gusting to 26 miles per hour as opposed to 50-mile-per-hour on the west coast of florida. so today it's going to batter cuba. we have a little video from yesterday where they started with the tropical storm conditions, some rain and wind and today will be a tough go for many in cuba. we're going to see the chances for mudslides. it's a mountainous terrain, rough terrain so we could see flash flooding as well. closer to home we have tropical alerts in place and watches and warnings and compared to yesterday, when we spoke, all those watches now up the west coast of florida, so we go to our graphics, we could see the tropical alerts, and then

let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman. what's the forecast today, michelle?, jon. it's hot all across the country. so many spots that are hot. we're going to see the excessive heat through next week. minneapolis, 96. that's 13 degrees what is typical for this time of year. let's slide to the east. on saturday, chicago will feel like 99. 103 in st. louis. and that extended into early next week and through the later part of next week. charlotte next week, 92 on tuesday. a lot of spots feeling like over 100 degrees. that's going to set the stage for more fire danker. we have flag warnings in idaho with winds firing up those storms. low visibility. air quality not great all the way down to parts of the southeast, jon. the northeast really nice today. enjoy it, jon. get out after work and enjoy the nice temperatures. it will heat up next week. >> thank you, michelle grossman. >>> still ahead, the biden administration levels more sanctions aagainst those pulling strings. how that could impact things. we're back in a moment. we're back in a moment which to his bladd

joining us now to break this all down is nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. e u.s. right now? and what's coming next? >> i know. hi there, guys. good sunday morning to you. it feels like we're sweating coast to coast. we continue to bake in the west. they've had more heat waves, and we're looking at least triple digits for the most spots in the intermountain west. let's take a look -- at those heat alerts. we're looking at temperatures up to one of six, 1:07 in some spots. where you see that hot pink, that's your heat warning. you want to wear light, loose layers. here's the problem, it's been so long, and also they're not getting that relief at night. so we're going to see temperatures overnight in the seventies as well. where it's orange, that's your heat advisory. we also have a very high fire danger warning. we have dry thunderstorms, which is so interesting. and northern central california, area of high pressure is bringing moisture. that water is evaporating. so they're getting lightning strikes on top of this really dehydrated strain and. that is why we

as the storm weakens through the caribbean it still poses a major threat, nbc meteorologist michelle grossmane, good morning. >> good morning, lindsey, it's a focus next several days, the relief effort in florida. let's talk about what's happening right now. it is impacting parts of -- we're at the fifth named storm of the year, it's a fast start to the season, it started a month ago. we had a record season last year with 30 named storms and we're off to a fast start once again. elsa became a tropical storm on thursday, hurricane yesterday, category 1 storm. this is the hurricane season outlook, 60% above normal, that's prediction. so once again we're going to be watching this hurricane season very closely. but in terms of elsa we're looking at tropical storms alerts and hurricane warns, you can see the colors with the red, that's the hurricane warning, that will be impacting sh and cuba by sunday. we're also looking at the potential for southern florida and also the florida keys. so this is what is currently happening right now, a category 1 storm, 75-mile-per-hour winds, that's a weak categ

back to you guys. >> michelle grossman, thank you very much.at, we're hearing about some of the devastating effects of the drought out west. some ranchers are being forced to sell their cattle because they don't have the water to take care of them. >> residents are grappling with some very tough decisions. >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. it really is a cascaing number of things that are forcing ranchers to make impossible decisions. the heat is getting unrelenting. add to that these fires. we've burned more acreage here in arizona this summer than we did all of last fire season, and, of course, we're in a mega drought. we're in our 20th year. ranchers are strong sell their cattle across the country before they normally would. we had a chance to profile a ranching family here in arizona. i asked them if they thought it was related to climate change. >> absolutely it's related to climate change. if you don't have rain, you don't have cows. if you don't have feed, you don't have cows. it boils down to water. you can't feed the cattle. it's n

. >>> let's go ahead and bring in nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman tracking tropical storm elsa. what should people there expect? >> hi, lindsey. they should expect it as early as sunrise tomorrow morning. we'll see impacts monday through wednesday. we are expecting winds strongest on the west coast of florida, but still all of southern florida are going to see wind gusts. we heard from the mayor earlier of surfside saying how strong do they need to be? 30 miles per hour is what we're expecting. that could be strong enough. let's take a look at the latest on elsa. we're looking at 60 mile per hour winds. it did weaken since the last advisory. it's moving west northwest 13 miles an hour from kingston, jamaica. it's going to go over cuba tonight into tomorrow morning. that's going to determine what happens with the storm the next 24 hours. we could see it weaken once again. it will merge into the gulf and strength en. we expect it to stay a tropical storm. we see winds into key west. as early as tomorrow morning we could see the winds in southern florida. as we go tuesday into wed

pete beach, florida and meteorologist michelle grossman with us as well.ie, let me start with you. take us to what's happening on the ground on florida's gulf coast as we get closer and closer to elsa making landfall. >> reporter: hallie, this storm is 120 miles offshore and the conditions are slightly better than they were earlier today. we're still seeing the wind gusts pretty substantial out here, somewhere around 65 miles an hour, but the rain has stopped. the sun is making its way out. you can see the storm surge the waves crashing along the sea wall. the beach is pretty much evacuated but we see some people making their way out to see what the conditions look like today. the real threat now is that once elsa makes landfall and moves inland, all of this weather is going to move inland as well. that could mean downed trees, power outages, additional flooding as elsa makes her way across the state and heads up through the carolinas, virginia and eventually the northeast. now the sunshine state has been watching elsa for a week now, this would be the thi

surfside, nbc news correspondent vaughn hilliard and also with us as well is nbc news meteorologist michelle grossmant to you in just a moment, michelle. i want to see what the preparations are on the ground. talk to us about what you're seeing in terms of the search and rescue teams, what they're doing ahead of tropical storm making land fall. >> they're making as much much progress as they can. got news here, i'll let michelle address the actual path here. it changes hour by hour and the potential impact on surfside. but essentially the crews cut back at is being a.m. this morning. they have been working nonstop eper since. targeting some areas with that other building being collapsed or demolished overnight. they're now able to access some other areas of that building that they have not been able to get to over the last 12 days. that is where the attention though is on this impending storm. i want to let you hear from the mayor here address those very questions in a conversation with our producer jamie who just down the road at the emergency operation center here in miami-dade county as they watch

vaughn hillyard, michelle grossman, thank you both very much for starting us off this hour. >>> we want to turn to the chairman of the miami-dade county board of commissioners, josÉ pepe diaz. thank you so much for being here. let me start with where michelle grossman left off, which is this very difficult decision about demolishing this structure. we know this hurricane is bearing down. and there was no telling how fast the winds would need to be to cause incredible damage and potentially risk lives of first responders. what went into this decision to go about it this way? >> the mayor took everything into account, and the most important thing is that if we did not do anything, we would have to depend on those winds. and we did not know what could actually happen once these storms come out of cuba, even though we believe the meteorologists and what they're doing and how they stated the storm could be, and the models where they are, we still had to make sure this building came down exactly the way it did. and thank god that's the way it happened. and due to that, all we had was basicall

meteorologist michelle grossman has the latest forecast. michelle, good to see you? >> good to see you, joe, you know, just thinking about this painstaking mission in the most perfect weather is unimaginable. you throw in the heat, humidity, the tropical conditions, and then the potential for strong winds, heavy downpours, even isolated tornadoes is unthinkable. let's give you the latest and the timing of what we can expect of where we will see impacts in florida. this is the latest as of the 2:00 advisory. it just came in from the national hurricane center. winds are ott 60 miles an hour. we are not expecting it to become a hurricane again. winds moving northwest at 14 miles per hour. moving at an average speed. it is now 40 miles south-southeast of cuba. here's the mission as we go over cuba tonight. it is mountainous. we could see this storm weaken. that's going to be the tell tale story of this storm as it leaves cuba and emerges back into the gulf tomorrow morning. sunrise through wednesday morning, we could see winds in south florida. it will be affecting flori

michelle grossman, good to see you once again. talk us through this. see -- this decision was made, because we're going to start seeing the impacts as early as tomorrow morning into tuesday. this is the latest, though, on elsa 40 miles south-southeast of cuba. it did weaken a bit, and it's moving alternates slow you to the northwest, and then what's going to happen tonight. it's going to move over cuba. this is really going to determine the future of elsa. we did -- it breaks up the 120r78 and then will emerge into the gulf of mexico. so probably still a fairly strong tropical storm. you notice the marker around the key west to tuesday at 8:00 a.m. the impact of the storm will start well before that. surfside can expect those as early as 7:00 a.m. so monday, tuesday, clearing on wednesday. landfall for the storm we expect right around the tampa area sometime tuesday night into wednesday, so certainly watching that. we do have some alerts that are posted in parts of key west. weapon a tropical alert and tropical alert for into naples. we're going to be

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. >> you just mentioned the storm, so let's bring in meteorologist michelle grossman tracking tropical storm elsa. we see radar in the lower right-hand corner. what's the latest update? >> the latest advisory as of 11:00, the track has not changed. we need it to move over cuba tonight to see where this track is going to end up. it did weaken down to 16 miles per hour. these are the latest stats. it's 50 miles north of kingston, still moving 15 miles per hour. you remember yesterday it was barreling through at 31 miles per hour. it has slowed down. we expect it to strengthen and tonight it will go over the mountains of cuba. that could weaken it further this is a time line we're talking about florida and we'll see the impacts in the streets of florida, the keys, tonight for the rest of southern florida the biggest impacts will be monday into wednesday. as far as the time stamp late monday into tuesday and then we expect landfall tuesday into wednesday. so that's the track into the carolinas by thursday and then impacting the mid-atlantic later on this week. here is the difference in ter

michelle grossman is tracking the storm. this is the last thing people in florida want to be hearing right now. >> i know, that is so true, especially holiday weekend and surfside, dealing with all the recovery efforts. but since we last spoke at 7:00, we did see a decrease or downgrade in elsa. it's a tropical storm, still really powerful and going to dump a lot of rainfall. there are a lot of alerts posted for cuba. as we go throughout sunday we're going to see the effects in jamaica, also cuba. this is going to be the tell-tale sign of what's going to happen to elsa. they're very mountainous and we could see a weakening of the storm throughout the next couple of days. the big story will be the rainfall. we could see up to 15 inches of rain in cuba that will cause flash flooding and mud slides. we could see rainfall in florida as well. this is the latest, as i mentioned, downgraded to a tropical storm as of the 11:00 advisory. still very strong at 70 miles per hour. you only need 74 mile per hour for it to be a hurricane.

but let's start by bringing in antonia hylton in clearwater, florida, and michelle grossman, who has been tracking the storm. antonia, what's the big concern where you are? >> reporter: good morning, chris. elsa did its worst to this area, the tampa bay greater area last night. as you can see behind me, the effects are still being felt this morning, particularly high winds. what people are really looking at right now, as we approach high tide around noon today, there is still a risk of storm surge, of flooding, particularly to those who live in low-lying areas. and officials in the days ahead of this asked people living in those communities to please leave, to stay with family and friends on higher ground. some of them took officials up on the opportunity to stay in designated shelters and many of them are there throughout the day today. people also gathered sand bags and have been barricading their homes to protect from flooding as the waters come very quickly ashore. right now there are no reports, thankfully, of devastation, but this community is still under flood watch for the da

. >> meteorologist michelle grossman joins us with the latest. >> hi there, guys. here's the good news. we'll start with that. it looks like the biggest impact will be in the western part of florida. winds to 26 miles per hour in surfside. rain, too. that's going to impact the efforts going on there. let's take a look at what we know right now. what happened last night? a few changes. still a tropical storm. it did weaken overnight as it went over the mountains of haiti. we're looking at the tropical alerts. key west is involved with a tropical storm watch and i expect that to expand in the state of florida. this is what elsa looks like right now. we're looking at winds at 65 miles an hour. it did weaken a bit overnight. still the tropical storm status. it's moving west-northwest at 14 miles an hour. yesterday it was speeding through the caribbean at 31 miles an hour. that's really unheard of for this time of year. it's slowed down to normal paces and will continue to do that throughout the next 48 hours. this is what the track looks like right now. today, into the

and mitch shoot urologist michelle grossman is tracking storm elsa which is forcing crews to move quickly to bring down that building. von, to you right now. a lot to get to with you. first do, we have a timing on the demolition and in essence is the search and rescue operation over and done with? oper>> yeah, kendis. we don't have an exact timing on the demolition of the building. it caught everybody off guard because initially the mayor of miami-dade county said they would wait to demolish this building until after hurricane elsa passes. but just yesterday, the reversal, of course, announcing they would attempt to take down this building. this 12 story unit here before that storm makes landfall and strike surfside. but this is where i think all of us are looking to michelle to answer the questions of what the path of the storm is. and who accident these wind gusts will strike this surfside area. because the calculation was made by the mayor in conjunction with these rescue officials. as well as the governor of florida who was standing here yesterday to address the folks in the community

michelle young was born and raised on long island, new york. >> smiling all the time. she was the life of the party. s >> stacia grossmanw her from childhood. >> she didn't like being the center of attention but liked creating a great atmosphere for everyone to have ai good time. >> michelle was a cheerleader in high school and a straight "a" student. jennifer powers felt down to her. >> she had a book worm sense to her where she was very studious and goal oriented and a great person to be around and a fun, happy spirit, and someone that i wanted to spend a lot of time with. >> lots of people did. when she chose a college far from home, north carolina state, she was soon surrounded again by an admiring group of women friends, best friends, buddies. fiona child was her sorority big sister. >> there is one picture and it came out beautiful because we liked it because we thought we looked like charlie's angels posed without intention of doing that. >> it was sometime in 2001 when friends started hearing about michelle's new guy, a fellow student named jason young, heard how he had grown up in the north carolina mountains,