we're back natasha chen. >> reporter: an unexpected car accident, an unexpected loss of her full-timeer an unexpected rise in food and gas prices have created an entirely different life than what anna duran was used to. she now turns in recycling for cash and works part-time as a resident caretaker for a senior citizen complex, but that barely pays her bills. those are just some of the fixed costs. she lives in riverside county where the metro area's annual inflation rate in jeune was like will around 10%, higher than the national average. that's because people moved to relatively i more affordable inland empire during the pandemic, driving up the demand for goods and services. >> folks in the empire can't shift and say, well, i guess i'll be able to work from home a little more in response to higher gas prices. they're the types of workers who generally have to commute to their workplaces. >> reporter: duran has to drive to her care taking job. filling up was $94. and groceries? >> i don't buy anymore. i eat tuna. >> reporter: she had to take out of her 401(k) to cover her debt and s

alisyn and victor. >>> natasha chen, thank you.ssed, stormy weather expected to make a mess of holiday plans. meteorologist jennifer gray is here. what can we expect? >> the weather is going to make matters worse. we have a large area of scattered storms across the southeast, severe storms across the ohio valley, and then scattered to isolated storms across the southwest as well. we currently have a ground stop in reagan as well as baltimore, not showing up on the graphic because it's brand new news, and have a 30 minute delay in atlanta due to isolated showers and storms. they're going to be compounded as we go through the rest of the evening. should get better for the late evening flights, and we could see it once again tomorrow, and as these showers push offshore by sunday, i think sunday and monday will be better travel days as far as the weather goes. there is a slight risk of severe weather through boston, new york, philly, and d.c. these are big cities, a lot of flights fly out of here. this is for tomorrow, could see damagi

natasha chen is at los angeles international airport tonight.ive me a sense how things are looking right now. >> reporter: well, sara, nationwide there have been about 570 flight cancellations today. more than 6,800 delays. here at lax it's been pretty smooth, but we have seen some more serious problems from the new york area airports, for example la guardia and new york each more than 40% of their departures were delayed today. and why we're seeing these delays and cancellations is because of a number of factors all happening at once. first we've got some potential severe weather this weekend in pretty much every region except the west coast. and then you have this surge of demand from travelers, and you might have mentioned that this is really the most number of travelers expected since the pandemic began. tsa last sunday screened the most number of u.s. passengers in airports since 2020. i've been saying that same phrase through a number of holiday weekends for a cup of airports which goes to show that demand keeps building, but the staffing

cnn's natasha chen spoke to a lot of people to find out what they're going through. natasha?hn, here in california we're known for having the highest average gas price its in the country. while prices have dropped a little, aaa says a gallon of regular is averaging $5.68. that means high prices, people are trying different creative ways just to get by. >> i was not expecting this, you know. >> reporter: an unexpected car accident, an unexpected loss of her full-time job, just before an unexpected rise in food and gas prices have all created an entirely different life than what anna was used to. she now turns in recycling for cash and works part-time as a caretaker for a resident of a senior center to add to her unemployment check, but that barely covers the bills. >> this is my mortgage, $825-24 and this is my car mamt of $482.99. >> and those are some of the fixed costs. she liver in riverside county where the annual inflation rate in june was likely 10%, higher than the national average. because people moved to the more affordable inland empire during the pandemic. >> not o

let's take you now to los angeles and cnn's natasha chen.ne of many big cities where the independence day festivities are back. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, a lot of people in the west region where, perhaps, covid restrictions were a bit more restrictive for the last few years are really excited to be back out to celebrate this holiday. and i personally witnessed that with so many people at the hollywood bowl on saturday night to see that show and the fireworks. but that does come with some risk across can the region. cal fire battalion chief saying the vulnerable areas because of severe drought and wildfire stretched from oregon all the way to mexico. different states' governors, different entities are displaying the fireworks differently. first, we'll show you the graphic to show you how serious this is. cnn analysis of fire center data shows that huge spike. this is the number of fires discovered every day of the year since 2014. you can see that line shoot up around the july 4th holiday. that's why officials are so conc

natasha chen reports from los angeles. >> i was not expecting this. >> reporter: an unexpected car accident, an unexpected loss of her full-time job, just before an unexpected rise in food and gas prices have all created an entirely different life than what anna was used to. she now turns in recycling for cash. >> you get $1.. a pound. >> reporter: and works part-time as a caretaker for a resident of a senior center to add to her unemployment check. but that barely covers the bills. >> this is my mortgage, $825.24. and this is my car payment of $482. >> reporter: and those are just the fixed costs. she lives in riverside county. and people move to the relatively more affordable inland empire during the pandemic driving up population and demand for goods and services. >> not only have prices gone up, but folks in the inland empire can't really shift to saying, well, i guess i'll be able to work from home a little bit more in response to hire gas prices. they are the types of workers that generally have to actually commute into workplaces. >> reporter: and anna needs to drive for her work as

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cnn's natasha chen reports. >>> i was not expecting this, you know. >> reporter: an unexpected car accident loss of her full-time job just before an unexpected rise in food and gas prices have all created an entirely different life that what anna duran was used to. she now turns in recycling for cash. >> you get $1.37 a pound -- >> reporter: and works part-time as a caretaker but it barely covers the bills. >> this is my mortgage, $825.24. this is my car payment of $482.99. >> reporter: those are just some of the fixed costs. she lives in riverside county where the metro area's annual inflation rate in june was likely around 10%, higher than the national average. that's because people move to the relatively more affordable inland empire during the pandemic driving up population and demand for goods and services. >> not only have prices gone up, but folks in the inland empire can't shift to saying i'll work from home more in response to higher gas prices. they are the types of workers that generally have to actually commute into their workplaces. >> reporter: and duran needs to drive for her