The Cedar River rose after heavy rain pummeled Iowa last weekend and again this week, prompting meteorologists to extend the warning.

A state of emergency has been declared in New York and New Jersey as flash flooding hits both states. The National Weather Service posted flash flood warnings along parts of the Northeast urban corridor stretching from the Washington-Baltimore region north through Philadelphia,

Strong storms dumped heavy rain across parts of the Philadelphia area early Thursday afternoon. A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect through 6:30 p.m. with more rain and storms on the way.

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.