just upstream in new richmond, ohio, resident shirley penney wonders how bad it will get this time. >> i'll try to sleep. that don't mean i'll stay asleep for long. i'll be up, seeing how much further it had gone up. >> reporter: in louisville, a desperate search for a man swept away by the river. the ohio is large river which means a long way to recede. from the east to the west, californians facing another day of searing heat. temperatures topping 90 degrees in los angeles. steps taken there to cool runners competing in the l.a. marathon, dousing them with hoses at mile 22. >> rob, how unusual are the warm temperatures out west? >> well, it's typically good running weather, but not today. look at the numbers. san diego, hitting 90. today, 88 or better. 91, another record in los angeles. the heat moves off towards the east, near 90 in mccook, 82 in kansas city, 73 in chicago. so, spring has definitely sprung. >> and you were talking about the drought earlier. out west there was rain but it was north of california? >> well, the pacific northwest is in a drought, but they're getting ra