The forecasters say bad weather and relentless heat have the potential to provide Americans with a turbulent weather cycle.
Accuweather warned that multiple rounds of thunderstorms would bring the periphery of the “hot dome”, bringing the risk of flash flooding in the Midwest and East, which could bring triple-digit temperatures to parts of multiple states.
On July 20, more than 50 million Americans from Texas to Missouri were already under extreme heat warnings or consultations from the National Weather Service.
On July 21, severe weather threats swept across the Midwest and East, with Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia all facing the possibility of flash floods and gusts. Accuweather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said most of the area has been hammered by heavy thunderstorms recently and cannot absorb another round.
“We are highly concerned about the risk of dangerous and dangerous flash flood hazards from southern Illinois, Indiana to central and eastern Kentucky, central and western West Virginia and southwest Virginia,” Sosnowski said.
The hot dome can last for weeks
As high pressure construction develops, the bulge of jet streams may continue to continue in mid-August hot dome, said Chad Merrill, a senior meteorologist at Accuweather. He said this number could be reached multiple times this week, Kansas City, Missouri, and not reached 100 degrees. Dallas sees 100 degrees for the first time in 2025.
“This has lasting heat waves and limited rainfall,” Merrill Lynch said. “The drought will expand into the central plains of Kansas and Nebraska in mid-August, where there are already a lot of moderate to extreme droughts.”
Numbers missing in the flood in Texas Officials said it dropped from 97 to 3
A van is driving along a flooded street in the Elmsford area of Westchester, New York on July 15, 2025.
Missing people in deadly Texas floods dropped to 3
Officials announced that the number of people missing in the devastating floods in Kerr County, Texas, had adjusted from 97 to three on the holiday weekend on July 4.
On July 15, Governor Greg Abbott said 97 people were still listed as missing in the Greater Kerrville area, up from more than 160 a week ago. Abbott said that as of July 17, the death toll was 135 across the state, and Kerr County in flooded 116 were destroyed. Read more here.
Contribution: Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
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