It will be a hot and wet weekend for large swaths of the U.S. with flood watches and intense heat wave warnings in place.
Some Americans are already waking up to storms as 17 million are under flood alerts across the Gulf Coast and separately in the mid-Atlantic.
Heavy downpours hit overnight, drenching Arkansas, Florida and Louisiana up to the Midwest. In Washington County, Indiana, an empty RV camper was swept away in floodwaters Thursday. In Uvalde, Texas, a person died and their body was found Thursday after the vehicle they were in got swept away in floodwaters off Ranch Road 187.
Kansas City, Missouri, saw a month’s worth of rain in just a few hours, which turned creeks into raging torrents of water, washing away property and submerging vehicles. The city area received between 5 and 8 inches of rain in the last 36 hours, prompting 23 high-water rescues of people trapped in their vehicles, the local fire department said Thursday.
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Author: Faith Novak
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