California heat persists West heat and flood forecast

Oct 1–4

Leslie Lopez reports Los Angeles exceeding 100 degrees for a fourth consecutive day, with heat advisories and extreme heat warnings across California to San Diego. She forecasts continued heat through much of the workweek and expansion toward Billings and Denver that could challenge daily records. In the separate flood portion, she describes a three-out-of-four flash-flood risk in southern Texas and possible six-to-ten-inch rainfall in parts of the Gulf region and toward North Carolina. These latter figures and record challenges are forecasts, not established outcomes. Davis closes with a brief reaction to the repeated flood threat.

ABC's October 4 weather report describes a fourth consecutive Los Angeles day over 100 degrees and statewide heat advisories and extreme heat warnings. Lopez forecasts persistence through much of the workweek and possible daily-record challenges as heat expands toward Billings and Denver. The October 1–4 range denotes the reported observed run through this broadcast, not a claim that the heat wave ended then or that forecast records occurred.