ERICA HILL, CNN ANCHOR: Much of the East Coast from the Carolinas up to New England facing the threat of severe storms today. Hail, flash flooding, even wind gusts near hurricane strength. Let's get straight to meteorologist Chad Myers, who is looking at it, including the timing of all of this for us. Chad.</s>CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: You bet, Erica. It's already hot. It's humid out there. And today is going to be a severe weather day for the East Coast. Storms are already on the radar. This weather's brought to you by Xyzal, all night, all day allergy relief. So let's get to it. Here comes the rain. Noon, 2:00, 3:00 right here through New York state into New England, all the way down even to D.C. Some of these storms will contain hail. Many of them will contain wind. A little bit of lightening as well. Likely not much of a chance of a tornado today, but that chance is not zero with this weather. The weather will spread itself out. It's the heat, the humidity and the cold front all getting together for the northeast. Ninety-two in D.C. today, 101 in Dallas. And that does not change for the next couple days. Hot weather all the way through the week for the southwest. Right where you are, John, 101 today.</s>BERMAN: Looking forward to it, Chad. Chad Myers, thank you very much.</s>MYERS: Yes.</s>BERMAN: How is the world responding to the violence they see here in the United States? An eye-opening look at why two countries have put a travel alert in place for the United States. That's next.
East Coast Braces for Storms