rebecca stevenson, what are we seeing here? >> this hot air rises up and it creates a cycle of air rising and falling and it's still very dangerous conditions of north central area of washington state. when we talk about the size of the washington state fire the carlton complex, it is raging through oklahom credit the okan, just approaching the size of the city of los angeles. it is also nearing the size of the all time record fire in 1902. in fact in some comparisons it is the same size if not bigger. so we're watching this closely. zero percent containment at this point. the winds are allowing all this dry brush and timber to just rage in flames all the way up to the ridge tops. temperatures cooperating, they dropped 20 to 30° since yesterday but the smoke is thick. the gordon valley fire, the picture from idaho, that fire under control and all those wildfires in oregon over the course of the next day. >> rebecca stevenson, thank you. >>> hollywood ledge legend james garner has died. a career that spanned six decades. >> the

rebecca stevenson, what can we expect when we walk out the door? >> more and more humid.right now we're watching thunderstorms stop to wrap up in spots. we have got monsoon season on track. spinning showers and thunderstorms into the four corners and into the rockies for the last several days. that's going to continue into monday. what we're watching is a line of thunderstorms, and several tornadoes have been spotted in central iowa tonight. this line is along a front bringing heavier rain now into michigan. this is going to be tracking a little further to the south, little further to the east tonight. these thunderstorms slowly losing steam but then picking up again tomorrow. we're going to see another round of potential severe weather once again in parts of illinois and into iowa as well where we don't need more rain because we've got the mississippi rifer river in s two feet below the record flood stage and that was in illinois. keithsburg. we have video of that flooding. lot of damage from the water coming down so quickly. it was anywhere from 1 to two and a half inch

rebecca stevenson joins us. we are talking about the rain. most don't like the rain, but this is encouraging news. the only problem is we are really not going to get much rain. we are going to get to rain that is coming, it will be in thunder storms, it will bring lightening strikes bringing in wild fears. this is exactly why we have several of the fears in washington, oregon and idaho. last weekend we had a lot of dry lightening role through and begin the fears. as we look at what is happening on the satellite and raddy and notice showers and thunder storms, that's impacting parts of southern oregon. we have several wildfires, a total of 30 large fire incidents across the united states. the bulk are in oregon and in washington. washington state's largest fear is getting next-door the historical criteria. the last time we had a fire, it is approaching one in 1902. it was a mass ifire. it compears the square mileage. 372 square miles, and then you look at the city of los angeles, it doesn't look far away. from the seize of the city. just to gi

our meteorologist, rebecca stevenson joining us now.started as a very slow-moving system. >> it was going about 14 miles an hour. and it was just last night, around the same time, we were watching it right near the outer banks and you are right. it has gone twice the amount of speed when it comes to speeding its move. moving to the north/northeast, arthur is now tracking up right alongside almost right alongside long island but long island is getting some of the heaviest rain of the night. this storm system will continue to track up causing the biggest problems when it comes to rainfall of 4 to 6 inches on the massachusetts coast, from nantucket to cape cod. we have intention rainfall for you. let's talk records because last night, as the storm was approaching, we had north carolina first hit rain records for wilmington that were last set in the year 1874. impressive. rain came down on three and three-quarters of an inch. the whole time the rain was pouring in wilmington, the heat cod to rise in hatteras. >> that's where we set our reco

meteorologist rebecca stevenson with an update. guess it's even couraging it's gaining speed, not strength but speed? >> that's true. the faster it moves out of the way, the faster we get out of danger. so, i am looking at this one because it did double its speed the way it's moving quickly to the north/northeast. it is moving away from the new york city area. we are beginning to see the end of the rather thanfall crossing long island, still getting quite a few of rain and blustery winds but the bulk coming down around massachusetts. nantucket, cape cod, you are still in the bull's eye for some powerful tropical storm force winds and along with the rainfall farther inland, heavy year rain into massachusetts, en rhode island getting an excessive amount of rainfall. hurricane warning still impacting the waterways just off the coastline of nantucket and cape cod but to our inland areas dealing with the flash flood concerns because that amount of rainfall coming in. total so far, the last 24 hours, still pretty impressive close to two

rebecca stevenson joins us with a look on the forecast. what is the latest. >> california - transferring from california story to just inland in california they had powerful wind gusts, 60 to 70 miles per hour , caused by thunder storms sweeping up from onsoonal moisture moving into the four corns. we'll see a repeat of this tomorrow. as referred to, what about the hur dane, it's now post tropical. it's been falling apart, maintaining warnings around places like halifax. we had video to show you flooding, strong powerful wind gusts. 50 to 60 miles per hour happening obvious the cores of 2-3 hours. we probably will not see it ease up too much. a lot of damage going on in parts of canada. eventually we'll see the rain continue up towards the labrador sea. we have a new round of showers and storms heading to the great lakesment first the rain fall. record set. boston, providence from hurricane arthur. now the winds pointing to the center of low pressure from arthur and becoming - boston with strong gusts, 30 miles per hour, but the wind comin

the hurricane center has just released some new numbers so let's turn to rebecca stevenson, what's theatest. >> this particular storm is spinning around it and it is impacting area with flash flooding is a major concern. as we hook at what we with expect, a current category one hurricane, will be increasing to a speed of category 2 that will take maximum winds to 96100 miles an hour. the frac of the storm is now forecast slightly further west. which means lit be impacting places like cape mattress, we will have a greater storm surge impact and flooding further inland as well. all the way up to the del mar just offshore. so we do have a lot of concerns of flooding from the storms wrapping around this particular hurricane, rainfall amounts have not yet amounted to much. but when we hook at the highest rainfall records for places like wilmington, it is an impressive amount, it is approaching ten inches for all time records. so we will be totaling this, along with storm surge flooding tonight. david. as we speak, the hurricane is moving further. it has already forced thousands to pack up a

let check in with meteorologist rebecca stevenson for the latest on the weather. they could affect the fire. >> there are gusty winds, and the wildfires have a way of creating their own gusty weather. it creates wind gusts that get stronger and stronger and helps spread the fire further, embers and burning pieces, floating with the wuned. we have -- winds. we have more thunder storms through central southern california. they are producing more lightening, so we have the risk of lightening caused wildfires. we are watching as the moisture moves in. it raises the humidity. temperatures are hot, above normal for the west. they are localized winds, they increase as the afternoon goes on. the other part of the wind we are watching are around a cluster of thunder storms in the upper mid-atlantic, towards the great lakes. you see awe gusty -- see how gusty it is around chicago. cooking in the 80s, and 90s. what a difference it will be. it may be hot in the midatlantic. look at -- midatlantedic. look how cool it is. 76 for minneapolis. cooler air is pushing in, spawning t

rebecca stevenson is tracking the hurricane in new york. >> we have gotten over 3.5 inches of rainfall in north carolina, and we are seeing that around wilmington and stretching up the clothesline as a category 2. hurricane arthur is working its way to north-north-east. slow enough to keep training the storms over some of the same areas, and the bands of showers wrapped around the hurricane easily spawned thunder storms that create tornados. tornados typically within a hurricane get to a category of one or two. they are relatively week, however, they cause damage. at the last check we had a sustained wind of 100 miles per hour, and keeping in mind category 2 hur quan, 96 -- hurricane, 96 mils. the last report from noah reported wind is the 67 miles per hour, warnings stretching across the north carolina coast. this will be the area impacted the greatest when it comes to beach erosion, and the potential of tornados, rain fall and storm surges. significant flood threat all the way across the islands, the barrier islands of north carolina. as that category 2 remains that strength as it go

rebecca stevenson joins us with a look at the forecast. know lightening strikes is a concern. >> it's a big concern. the storms in north-west orgep are tracking to western -- oregon are tracking to we were washington and through the cascades to the east. and lake shalan through wikanachi and wakanaw is dry. they don't need more strikes, and the storms produce lotening. we have hot shots into the cascades looking for fire starts as the storms roll through. we are going to track a participation or the new fire starts, but as we go through the canyon fire. because of the fire racing through a large area, north of rocky reach dam. it's expanded so quickly that they got on top of it yesterday. it was productive. heat has built in. the storms dropped temperatures. friendships, in portland as low as 22 degrees. temperatures counterly in 84 at seattle. seatac, and you move to eastern washington, and the temperatures are into the 90s. we expect them to climb to 108 degrees at the beginning of the week. here is the visible satellite. you can see the

i want to bring in rebecca stevenson joining us with a look at what happened here. were they fast-moving storms? >> they were. it was a complex of storms. developed from a complex of monsoonal moisture coming up from the south-south-west. the storms started to produce lightening. on the lightening map, you can see in the south-west corner of california, you can see a little cluster offshore. the national weather office counted 30 lightening strikes offshore of san diego, part of the cluster of storms causing the folks to be hit on the beach. if you look at a radar, looking closely at arizona, initially at 8 o'clock, the cluster, a large cluster of storms, tradition across the boarder into southern california. thing of air like water. it is rolling like waves off to the west. so it creates a wave on the other side of the mountains, on the california coast line, and that is what is spinning un the energetic -- up the energetic thunder storms that brought the flight nipping strikes to the area. california - it's interesting that los angeles had trace amount of rain, an

rebecca stevenson is joining us. >> it's interesting to see the east coast, west coast, dealing withhe heat and humidity. let's start in the north-east. a line of thunder storms has been working through parts of pennsylvania to delaware. we have been getting heavy rainfall with the storms. that's the primary threat. it will be the amount of rain fall, there's flash flood watches in effect through the new york area as we get into tuesday especially. now, we are looking at some participation of severe thunder storms in the north-east, into the overnight through the early morning. we are also watching the pacific north-west. there's a cluster of lightening strikes with storms moving through eastern oregon. some of these storms produce lightening with no rain fall. that could lead to a wildfire start, and we are seeing several strikes into the washington cascades where we have been tracking a large fire in the u.s. this is the mills canyon fire, and we are seeing a lot of spoke come up. it's causing air quality problem. the fire itself is south, south-west. now confined west of the colum

. >> rebecca stevenson, thank you. >>> hollywood legend james gardner died.is rolls as a wise-cracking card shark. he was a popular player. he kept everywhere entertained in a career spanning six decades. courtney kealy has more. >> movie reel: the only time you quit when you win is after you one it all. >> reporter: james gardner found fame as a smooth-talking gambler in "the maverick." roles followed with julie andrews and marlin brando. he took on the german. it was his private eye jim rock ford in "the rock ford files" that awarded him an emmy. he was known for laid back charm and manly appeal. rooem rooel you are aren't going to shoot anybody, we both know it... >> gardner was nominated for an as car as best ask for for "murphy's romance", with sally field. he returned for "maverick", the role going to mel gibson. the screen actors gilled awarded him with a lift achievement aware. >> i don't know if i deserve the ward, please tonight forgive me if i act i do. >> a final role was a dying millionaire in the 2006 drama "the ultimate gift", he was found dead

stephenie ann mcpherson joining us. ( -- rebecca stevenson joining us. what can we expect. >> the storms moving up. they'll taper down overnight and pick up with the day-time heating. overnight we are watching strong storms. these have been producing large hail and wind gusts. anywhere from 50 to 60 miles per hour. we have had reports come in from west virginia. these have been strong throughout the night. and keep in mind the hail is the little blue dots. quite a few reports getting progressively larger with time. the big problem is going to be the potential storms that create that risk of a tornado continuing into monday morning. the big story is about temperatures dropping fast, quickly. the cool air, from minneapolis to chicago, it is already having a top five coolest julys and here you go some of the coolest days. temperatures dropping down to around 60. the high temperature 73. and only 78. all that cool air settling into the parts of the east, while the heat is on for the west. we'll have temperatures well above normal prepare yourself. temperatur

meteorologist rebecca stevenson is here to tell us what to expect as the storm moves north. >> we are watching the storm, a category 1, weakening as it noves north-nor-east. it is expected to continue. we had wind gusts at long island, 20 miles per hour, 30 miles per hour in other areas. towards nantucket, massachusetts, cape cod, 40 miles per hour, and heavily rain gradually easing over the course of the next two hours over massachusetts. we are seeing the western portion of massachusetts beginning to dry. as the storm system moves up as we get into the weekend, it will impact nova scotia with 2-4 inches of rain fall. the worst is yet to come further north. the records that have been struck friday - we have record rain fall, broke a record in wilmington, back in 1874, and a report of record-high temperature of 93. now we look at totals in boston of 2 inches, other areas had more. this is a localized rain gauge, and that obviously is why we are getting all the flooding and flash flooding watches stretching up the north-east coast. the hurricane warning is in effect off the coast of ma

and time to check in with rebecca stevenson, who has been following the weather. >>> there's been a seriesof storms rolling up from monsoonal moisture. the winds have been coming up out of the south, south-west. bring the the moisture over hot dry desert areas. we don't get lightening strike deaths. when we look at statistics, all of lightening related deaths happened in texas and florida. the lightening capital of the united states. the deaths this year when it comes to lightening is 15, and most of the them are in places like florida, texas, minnesota and parts of colorado. today, venice beech, we had a swirl of systems. if you look, you see counter clockwise motion coming opposite of the normal flow of weather - usually going from west to east. this rolled from the east to the west, up over venice beach. a large population. there were storms, but the load that one of these -- likelihood that one of these lightening strikes would impact that area. that's low. it makes it a unique rare incident. the pacific ocean is a cooler current. it stabilizes things. you don't get a lot of thunder st

let's turn to rebecca stevenson who is joining us with a look at the forecast. >> where we are seeinghe rain come down, it's coming down with excessive lightening and in a place so dry and hotter. so far above normal. these textures are putting -- temperatures are putting out different heat advisees through washington state, oregon and nevada. on the satellite there's a swath of storms coming up through orgone. a large cluster of lightening strucks into north west oregon, tracking up into western washington. why are they concerned. number one, it's not bringing a lot of rain fall. number two, this is where we have a large wild fire in the united states. the canyon fire is over 21,000 acres, and we have 800 perm assigned to it -- personnel assigned to it. they are fighting the fire, establishing lines. we have efact uses in place -- evacuations and 500 or so others ready to go. this is where we have the head flag warnings, which is an indication that weather is not favourable for wildfires to be put out. they are favourable to get them going with the lightening strikes and the heat. th

. >>> rebecca stevenson with the forecast. >> a lot of energy outside.line of showers and thunder storms stretching across the north-east into the mid west. that is going to bring the participation of severe weather into parts of the ohio and mississippi valley. there's other ways. we look to the west. the big story is temperatures. 83 in seattle. keep in mind seattle this time of year, around low to mid '70s for a day time high. here you are bearing out the brument of heat -- brunt of heat that is enough. it's so far above normal there's a stretch of temperatures low to mid 80s, for the next 2-3 days. phoenix 10 #. we look at temperatures. new york 78. cooler air working to minneapolis. look at the north-west. when we should be heating up, we have dropped 18 degrees cooler in portland. the reason is thunder storms, big concern here because of the lightening and storms. hot, dry areas with erratic winds. wildfires in the north-west causing spreading of the wildfires. we have evacuations in place. parts of washington, which is in central washington. there

rebecca stevenson joins us now. >> we had large growth of these wildfires tonight.ve had winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour, good news - humidity is moving in. we are getting moisture in the air, and the winds are starting to ease as the storm system passes by. there's a number of fires across the pacific north-west and historically we get a lot of wildfires here, it is the season. like the gulf of mexico has a hurricane season, the west typically gets fire season. we are getting into it. the problem is we have a massive fire over 215,000 acres and washington. north central washington, and good news for the buszard complex in oregon. firefighters were able to contain leans around the complex. it was about 380 miles worth. they were working hard. we have two military helicopters deployed from wyoming into the pacific north-west. they were specific conditions to be able to deploy these. this is fairly impressive. we had two that had been set out. we have got a number of reports of livestock - losing livestock, oregon, washington, and, of course, the impact on wildl

our rebecca stevenson joining us with a look at the forecast?> it makes you heart sick to see the destruction these fires have caused right on the other side of the cascade mountains, those east winds are howling and we are getting central washington, a large portion of this north central washington just sunk in thick smoke. air quality is now not only unhealthy for sensitive groups but even lower. it's just flat-out unhealthy across the northern posht of washington and into northern idaho. we have been getting a weather system moving through. it's been bringing very, very light sprinkles to the very peaks of the north case kades but not impacting the fires at all except from the way of the winds enhancing the fire activity, which is very e radic. we are seeing torching and crowning of these fires. 92 degrees in winachi, the closest reporting station to the wildfire activity. wind gusts currently up to 40 miles an hour at recording stations on one side of the west side of the cascades but on the east side, in fact, eastern washington, spokane at

meteorologist rebecca stevenson is tracking it. >> hurricane arthur continues to weaken.s beginning a transition as you can see on the radar and the satellite. a transition into what is called april extra tropical storm. it's similar to the typical storms that make their way across the u.s. the amount of rainfall has been impressive. we have video of flooding coming out of massachusetts. this is new bedford where the video of the flooding is coming. new bedford reports the highest amount of rainfall coming in today for the entire united states. 2.98 inches at last report. so it's clear we are going to have some areas of flooding and some damage as we move the storm farther to the northeast. we start to total up the precipitation amounts even into maine and negotiate. wind -- nova scotia. 51 miles per hour at mart that's vineyard. these winds are expected to be fairly strong and tropical storm strength for the next hour and a half before it begins to gradually ease off, as that storm moves to the east. so the higher rain totals going up into canada, but now tonight after t

. >> keep us updated, rebecca stevenson. >>> two years after it capsize killing 32 people, the costaordia is destined for the scrap heap. a look at the economic and emotional toll of this disaster. >> reporter: broken and bolted together by tons of steel to try to make her sea worthy again, the cost a concordia is preparing for her final voyage. and so, too, is the tiny island where they came to be so tragically two and a half years ago. what's so striking when you come to julio isn't just how big the cost a concardia is or how broken it is. it's how it's become embedded in this island story. >> in january, 20s 12, the mayor of giglio found himself coordinating the rescue operation after the cruise liner collided with rocks. 32 people died on that cold winter's night. since then, the island has been transformed. >> translator: not only psychologically. this matter has affected our way of life over the past 30 months. it also strongly affected our economy and our way of living here. winters were beautiful and silent. today, they are very busy. the soul of the island has changed. >> it

let's check in with rebecca stevenson. >> watching the storm over the bay of fundi.mping a lot of rainfall but not as much as we got through the day and the night. as we look at the storm and its location now, we are going to see it gradually pushing up to the north/northeast. in fact, we got some computer models to show you. the big story along the east coast is the dryer weather. so much dryer than the humidity has been removed from the heaviness. the air is feeling lighter. so, it's a dryer feeling. it is a dryer air mass but we are only going to enjoy that for the course of the day today and tonight and sunday changes things up. the computer models are traing this particular storm system through the bay of fundi and toward the labrador sea. we will continue to see the rain, windy conditions in that particular vicinity. author brought new records for boston yesterday, providence probably the winner when it came to the amount of rainfall in the record which was 2.68 inches and islip new york set a new record rainfall amount. not quite an inch. we expect to see the

rebecca stevenson joining us now with a look at the forecast.er not helping firefighters at all out west. >> meteorologist: it hasn't been, it's so gusty because we have all the moisture coming up and thunderstorms being spawned from moisture coming enough the south west. it has been blustery winds from the northern california area where the wildfire is. as thomas says outside of sacramento, that's in wine country and we have seen some vineyards lose some of their crops. now, winds have been gusting up to 20 miles an hour in yosemite and starts to die down a little bit in parts of nevada but we have so many wild fires any storms coming through they will be a problem. and now we have more storms that are going to be moving through not only tomorrow, but through the first part of out week as a dramatic cool down move moves i, much, much cooler air already working its way in to parts of northern minnesota. and we have a deviation from average or much, much cooler temperatures as a whole no the month of july. it's not even over yet and we're 5 1/2 d