After torrential rains flooded viaducts, stopped automobiles, and sent water gushing into basements, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for parts of northeastern Illinois, including Chicago's northern metro region, on Sunday.
A day after ordering residents of Jackson, Mississippi, to "get out immediately," the mayor of the state's largest city is asking people not to dismiss evacuation warnings as record-breaking rain threatens to flood streets and infiltrate houses within the next two days.
Flash floods in the American southwest have closed parts of national parks, including Moab and Zion, stopped highways in Colorado, swamped cars in Texas, and trapped visitors in a New Mexico cave in recent days.
According to AccuWeather meteorologists, a powerful storm will sweep from the Rockies to the Canada border on Friday and continue into Saturday over the central United States