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More than 88 million Americans from coast to coast are under excessive heat warnings and advisories. The South and West are seeing record-breaking temperatures, and in the Northeast, heavy storms brought deadly flash floods over the weekend. Jonathan Vigliotti starts us off from California, Lana Zak reports from Pennsylvania and David Parkinson joins in-studio to break down the science behind extreme weather.
Across the Northeastern U.S., forecasters warned of potential flash floods and tornadoes on Sunday linked to the latest bout of severe weather.
Extreme heat is scorching Europe, where many fear the record for the highest temperature ever could be broken. Meanwhile, East Asia has also been inundated with extreme weather. Chris Livesay reports.
"This kind of extreme weather event will become commonplace," said South Korea's leader, vowing to "accept climate change is happening, and deal with it."
A local official told CBS News that several water rescues were taking place in the area.
The rainfall had forced nearly 6,000 people to evacuate and left more than 27,000 households without electricity,
The National Weather Service says more than 120 million people are under extreme heat advisories. Plus, cleanup is underway across the Chicago area after tornadoes knocked out power and damaged homes. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi reports on the severe weather threats across the country.
The Yamuna river runs through Delhi, home to some 30 million people, and record monsoon rains have just pushed its water level to a 45-year-high.
More than 100 million Americans were under heat alerts Wednesday night -- with more than a dozen states reporting "feels like" temperatures in the triple-digits. While parts of the West cope with heat, swaths of the Northeast are disaster zones after heavy rain and catastrophic flooding. CBS News' Omar Villafranca and Meg Oliver report.
The Northeast is bracing for more rain, just after a storm overwhelmed parts of the region with heavy flooding. Some areas were pounded with about two months' worth of rain in two days. CBS News' Meg Oliver reports from Barre, Vermont, after a harrowing few days.
The suspended railroad's only connection to the ground was seemingly a tree that had fallen on it in the gorge.
Multiple rounds of intense rainstorms dumped two months of rain in just two days in Vermont and other parts of the northeast. Officials warn a dam upstream from the capital city of Vermont, Montpelier, could overflow for the first time -- adding to the existing flood damage. CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver has more on the potential threat the dam poses.
No injuries or deaths linked to the storms had been reported in the state as of Tuesday, but more than 100 rescues have been conducted statewide.
Weather maps show the areas that are already in flood, as well as what is forecast in the coming days.
Severe flash floods washed out roads and hit homes and businesses across the Northeast Monday, forcing dozens of emergency evacuations. CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver is in Ludlow, Vermont, where some of the most severe damage in the state is.
Heavy downpours have been flooding homes and washing away roads and bridges in parts of the Northeast. Water rescue teams rushed to Vermont on Monday after the rain made some towns unreachable by road. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett has the latest from Rockland County, New York, which saw a summer's worth of rain on Sunday.
Additional downpours in the region raised the potential for flash flooding as rainfall in certain parts of Vermont exceeded 7 inches.
A New York woman was swept away by floodwaters, officials said, and multiple people were evacuated from a Vermont campsite as downpours continued.
A massive downpour wiped out roads and put millions in the path of dangerous flood conditions across parts of the Northeast Sunday. One woman was killed by the flooding in New York state and officials say there are others still unaccounted for. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett has more.
At least 22 people have been killed as punishing rains spark flash floods and landslides, submerging roads and sweeping away homes.
At least one person is dead after severe flooding hit the Northeast. Errol Barnett reports from hard-hit Highland Falls, New York.
At least 8 children are among the dead in Pakistan, where scientists say climate change is fueling more intense monsoons.
The ruling came after legal wrangling that began hours earlier when the president mobilized California troops for Portland.
Tuesday marks two years since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war.
Congressional leaders traded blame for the government shutdown on Sunday as the stalemate over how to reopen the government stretched into another week without progress on negotiations.
In a post on X, Gov. JB Pritzker said that 400 members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the U.S.
In an interview with CBS News, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said of the Supreme Court's emergency orders in the Trump cases, "This isn't the final decision."
Rescue workers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said.
The Kroger Company's recall follows another FDA recall announcement last week of possibly contaminated pasta.
Acting New South Wales Police Superintendent Stephen Parry said "anywhere between 50 and 100 shots" were fired during the incident.
Hurricane Priscilla was strengthening Sunday in the Pacific Ocean, off the southwestern coast of Mexico.