EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, MICHAEL.
>>> NOW TO THAT DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKE.
TEN SOLDIERS FROM THE ARMY
RESERVE INJURED IN FORT GORDON,
GEORGIA, AND TAKEN TO THE BASE
MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATMENT.
ONE DID NOT SURVIVE.
ELWYN LOPEZ IS IN ATLANTA WITH
THE LATEST.
GOOD MORNING, ELWYN.
>> Reporter: HEY, MICHAEL.
GOOD MORNING.
DANGEROUS STORMS AND EXTREME
HEAT FELT FROM COAST TO COAST
FROM THAT DEADLY LIGHTNING HERE
IN GEORGIA TO RECORD HIGH HEAT
EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH PARTS
OF THE NORTHEAST.
THIS MORNING, TRAGEDY AT FORT
GORDON ARMY BASE IN GEORGIA.
ONE SOLDIER IS DEAD AND NINE
OTHERS INJURED AFTER A LIGHTNING
STRIKE HIT THE BASE SHORTLY
AFTER 11:00 A.M. OUT DOING
TRAINING EXERCISES WHEN THE
STORM SWEPT THROUGH.
SEVERE WEATHER FORCING MANY
FLIGHTS TO DIVERT FROM THEIR
PATHS AND SCARY MOMENTS FOR
THOSE ABOARD AN AMERICAN
AIRLINES FLIGHT HEADING FROM
TAMPA TO NASHVILLE.
VIOLENT TURBULENCE FORCING THAT
FLIGHT TO LAND IN BIRMINGHAM,
ALABAMA, SENDING SIX PASSENGERS
AND TWO CREW MEMBERS TO THE
HOSPITAL.
WHILE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA, MORE THAN THREE INCHES
FELL IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS
LEAVING MANY STREETS FLOODED.
THIS AS TEMPERATURES SOAR FROM
COAST TO COAST.
MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS
NOW UNDER HEAT ALERTS AND IN
TEXAS, POWER GRIDS ARE STILL
UNDER STRESS.
WILDFIRES BREAKING OUT THERE
WHILE IN OKLAHOMA, A GRASS FIRE
FORCING EVACUATIONS IN MANGUM AS
TEMPERATURES REACH UP INTO THE
100s AND THE NORTHEAST IS ALSO
HEATING UP.
THE I-95 CORRIDOR UNDER A HEAT
ADVISORY TODAY.
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FEEL
LIKE 100 DEGREES.
IN PHILADELPHIA, OFFICIALS
ALREADY SHORING UP EMERGENCY
RESOURCES TO PROTECT PEOPLE
THERE.
AND, MICHAEL, AT LEAST TWO DOZEN
STATES ARE ON ALERT FOR EXTREME
HEAT FROM THE CAROLINAS ALL THE
WAY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE INCLUDING
THERE IN NEW YORK CITY.
>> OH, YEAH, WE CAN FEE