Storm drains along Interstate 435, a beltway that encircles most of the Kansas City metropolitan area, were unable to keep up during the deluge, he said, causing the highway to flood. Most of the rescues from vehicles took place at the highway’s 23rd St. exit, he said.

Isolated severe thunderstorm threats will fade late evening, but flash flood warnings may remain until midnight for parts of the Piedmont Triad.

The Hong Kong Observatory on Friday issued the Amber Rainstorm Warning signal for around two hours as tropical cyclone Wipha edges closer to Hong

Heavy rains in South Korea have killed at least four people and forced over 1,300 to evacuate. Three people were found dead Thursday in a submerged car, a stream, and a flooded basement.

A slow-developing, broad area of low pressure located over the far northern portion of the Gulf is threatening to bring heavy rain and flooding.

Part of northern Lower Michigan got blasted with the heaviest rain. The highest official rain measurement was 5.36″ at Crawford, MI. An area between Grayling and Frederic has radar rain estimates between six inches and eight inches. Anything colored in yellow had at least two inches total rainfall.

Showers and storms continue through Sunday morning, becomming less widespread as the morning progresses. By Sunday afternoon and evening, most of the area is dry, except for the chance of an isolated shower or storm. Highs reach the mid 70s in our northwest counties and low 80s in our southwest counties.

The strongest thunderstorms and heavy rain are more likely in southern New Jersey on Saturday. Stronger storms are expected in northern New Jersey on Sunday.

The good news is a marked decrease in intensity of the thunderstorms in the past two hours. As of 7:30 p.m. there is only one isolated severe thunderstorm warning in effect over the entire Great Lakes region. The National Weather Service has watched this decline and cancelled the severe thunderstorm watch in effect for this evening.