text:  While the northeast is stormy, the south is steamy, the southern half of the country settling into a stretch of scorching heat through the 4th of July. We're talking triple-digit heat indices for places like Houston, Tulsa, and New Orleans. Beryl is the earliest category for hurricane on record in the Atlantic, headed towards the Windward Islands before continuing through the Caribbean toward Jamaica and the Caymans. ABC News forecaster Dan Aramante.