 Flooding has also caused problems in New York and New Hampshire. Authorities in western states warning of the... You're listening to me, Dan Bongino, on AM 1410, KBNP, Portland. It's 930. A bitter protracted heat wave baking much of the U.S. More than 142 million people were under heat alerts on Wednesday, especially across the west. That's where dozens of locations tied or broke heat records.