At least 8 dead as severe weather sweeps across US
Severe weather, including flash flooding and extreme heat, has resulted in at least eight deaths across the United States. The National Weather Service warns of continued dangerous conditions, including high heat indices and wildfire smoke.
Why it matters
The widespread nature of these weather events highlights the increasing impact of climate-related disasters on public safety and infrastructure.
Hear this story At least eight people have died as severe weather continues to sweep across the United States, with flash flooding, powerful thunderstorms and extreme heat disrupting travel and threatening communities on July 19.
The National Weather Service said "scattered strong to severe thunderstorms" could produce damaging wind gusts July 19 across the Carolinas, southeastern Virginia and the Tennessee Valley, with the threat shifting to the northern Plains into the night. Thunderstorms could bring locally significant flash flooding, urban flooding and small-stream flooding across parts of the Southwest this week.
The severe weather conditions came after days of flooding in Texas , along with flash flooding in Utah and Arizona, that left the eight individuals dead, according to authorities.
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