three—time champion mick fanning of the usa, who emerged unscathed from a shark attack while competingnvolved but safely surfed away. understandibly the competition was suspended until great whitey moved on. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. there was still quite a lot of energy in the atmosphere, during wednesday afternoon some pretty intense thunderstorms broke out across north wales and parts of north—west england. weather watchers pictures coming through of torrential downpours, and there were reports of flash flooding across the rural area and parts of western lancashire. during the small hours of thursday, those heavy, thundery showers continue to move their way northwards. quite a wet start to thursday across scotland. further south, much of england and wales, it's going to be cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain. the odd heavier burst there too. turning a little bit cool and fresh and pushing to the far west, but quite a humid start again for thursday morning acr

. >> reporter: in 2015, surfing legend mick fanning was famously attacked on live tv by a great whiterica. >> kept coming at my board, and i was like kicking and screaming. >> reporter: today officials say surfers should be more worried about another kind of threat. >> the sharks are out there, but a greater threat to the average person coming to the beach are rip currents. >> reporter: lifeguards are now using drones to patrol these waters. they say shark attacks are incredibly rare, but sightings are not. this weekend, they'll be out here in record numbers. thriving in part because food is abundant, and the water is warmer, today scientists are tracking great whites to learn more about them. this morning, one thing is clear -- they are here swimming among us. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, huntington beach. >> goodness. >>> as we mentioned, dave price is in for dylan this morning. he's outside on the plaza with another check of the weather. dave? >> we've got some great people out here from milwaukee and wisconsin. first time in the city. [ cheers ] somebody is 10 today. ha

. >> jeff went out and got his surfers one was mick fanning who was attacked and pull under water by white at a very same beach. onlookers say shark was not aggressive and in one was hurt >>> today, katie would be a nice day to get out there but would you believe the shark is not aggressive, would you trust that. >> no, it is still a shark. he is not aggressive. he is just a shark. everybody hears the jaws theme in their head right now. that is how it goes, you got yourself a villain. >> yes. >> my favorite line, did you ever see that line, jack black , anybody? i love that. another one to add to your christmas movie bucket list and do it early in the season because it is not super christmasy, just happens around that time. christmas in july is a nice thought right now because it is sort of hot outside. we will look at eyewitness weather watchers. we are finding you in the low to mid upper 70's. very, very warm out here this morning, folks. lets check with folks start off with carrie higgins who has a haze in mount laurel. she has 75. warm night. hot day. she is hearing those dog day

>>> australian surfer mick fanning founld himself face-to-face with another shark.me surf contest where he was attacked almost two years ago. fanning was pulled out of the water as soon as the shark was spotted. >> i was looking and i was looking like what are you doing. and then i started to peek out. and i thought, we're out of here. >>e famously punched a great white when it attashcked him. there have reportedly been 131 takes along the maybe it's the same shark coming back for revenge. you never know. >>> senator john mccain has fought skin cancer several times. now he's fighting brain cancer. dr. david agus talks about his next step and we'll talk with senator john thune about how they're coming together to support their friend. family wao keep the game going. son: hey mom, one more game? tech: with safelite, you get a text when we're on our way. you can see exactly when we'll arrive. mom: sure. bring it! tech: i'm micah with safelite. mom: thanks for coming, it's right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. take care! family: bye

it happened two years after mick fanning was attacked by a shark at the exact same venue. competition expected to resume today. >> that's quite the shot, jumping, leaping out of the water. >> i don't know if i would hop back in the water today after seeing that. >>> d >>> dylan is in for al this morning, has our first check of weather. >> should we talk ring of fire? let's do t it is going to be extremely hot especially right through the middle of the country. we do have heat warnings and heat advisories. 34 million people are under some sort of heat advisory. here is that ring of fire, that area of high pressure producing those hot temperatures and around it is where we will see some of our strongest storms. the humidity is high, so st. louis it will feel like 104 today, jackson, mississippi, it will feel like 103, columbia, south carolina, feeling like 100 degrees, in new york city the high about 92 but it will feel warmer because of the high humidity. on thursday d.c. will[ly feel like it's about 105. on friday the heat continues and finally we will start to see temper