The watch was issued for Grande Ronde Valley, Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, John Day Basin, Ochoco-John Day Highlands, East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades and Central Oregon as well as Wallowa County.

Heavy rain that may cause flooding is expected both Thursday and Friday. A flood watch has been issued for most of the region from 2 p.m. Thursday through 2 p.m. Friday. Wednesday's high of 95 degrees in Central Park officially solidified the second heatwave of the summer for New York City.

A flood watch is set to take effect for New York City as heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected on Thursday. The watch starts at 2 p.m. and lasts through Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that caused widespread destruction and killed more than 130 people

For the first time since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in Kerr County, Texas, the county emergency management director conceded that he was sick and asleep as the water rose to historic levels on the Guadalupe River.

All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, were absent from an emergency briefing call ahead of the flash flooding incident,