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- Millions under flood watches and heat wave warnings across U.S.</p>
<p>Marlene LenthangJuly 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Meanwhile Ruidoso, New Mexico, where three died in historic flash floods more than a week ago, is reeling with more rapidly rising floodwaters.</p>
<p>On Friday, along the Gulf Coast, heavy rain associated with tropical moisture is pinwheeling across parts of eastern Texas, southern Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi and Alabama.</p>
<p>Thunderstorms with rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches an hour could produce flooding for New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lake Charles in Louisiana; Beaumont, Texas; Biloxi, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola, Florida.</p>
<p>In the mid-Atlantic, flood watches are up across eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio and much of West Virginia and Virginia, as well as northern portions of Tennessee and North Carolina.</p>
<p>The area most likely to experience flooding Friday is Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where rainfall rates of 3 inches an hour over saturated soil could cause rapid and sudden flash flooding in urban areas and around creeks and streams.</p>
<p>This weekend, flood risk will turn to the Midwest, Ohio Valley and the Appalachians with cities to watch for flooding including Chicago; Indianapolis; Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis; Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charleston, West Virginia.</p>
<p>Power company PSE&G, which supplies New Jersey and parts of New York, told customers it's preparing crews to help restore power in storms, especially with the heat.</p>
<p>North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency in 13 counties Thursday due to tropical storm Chantal's flooding.</p>
<p>Tourists cool off Thursday near the base of the Washington Monument as the heat index climbed to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)</p>
<p>Sweltering heat will also ramp up this weekend with 19 million under heat alerts across parts of the mid-Atlantic, southern Florida and Mississippi Valley.</p>
<p>Cities under heat alerts include Raleigh, North Carolina; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Miami, Florida; Paducah, Kentucky; Memphis, Tennessee; and Little Rock, Arkansas.</p>
<p>Miami will experience temperature highs of 91 on Friday and Saturday and 92 on Sunday, with a maximum heat index of 103. Raleigh will see highs of 94 on Friday and 95 on Saturday and Sunday, with a maximum heat index of 106. Little Rock will see highs of 97 on Friday, 96 on Saturday and 97 on Sunday, with a maximum heat index of 110.</p>
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