 is going to be, but they would rather be prepared for it. Texas has now added more than 120 counties to its disaster declaration and emergency officials are now urging people to finish up their preparations and for visitors to have a plan on leaving well before the storm arrives. Jason Allen, CBS News, Corpus Christi, Texas. About 130 million Americans are under threat from a long-running heat wave. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Luzelia Cabrera is in Palmdale, California.