New Orleans faces a Friday Heat Advisory and a hotter weekend, with feels-like temperatures potentially reaching 110 degrees.

Oklahoma City could hit 103 degrees Friday, with heat-index readings near 109 and a Heat Advisory lasting through Sunday.

Dallas faces a Heat Advisory Friday and a string of 100-degree afternoons through next week, with little rain in sight.

Memphis is headed into a dangerous stretch of triple-digit heat, with heat-index values near 113 on Friday and a Heat Advisory through Sunday.

Houston gets a brief storm chance Friday before a hotter, drier stretch takes over. Highs could reach 98 degrees next week.

Nashville faces triple-digit heat and heat-index values above 110 through Sunday, with only limited relief arriving next week.

Clouds and spotty showers lead into a stormy Chicago weekend, with the heaviest rain possible late Friday night into Saturday.

Minneapolis will reach 84 degrees Friday before evening showers and a stormier weekend pattern move in.

A $149.5 million contract will free Tibbetts Brook from a century-old sewer culvert, easing pressure on the Major Deegan.

St. Louis faces dangerous heat through Saturday, with heat indexes reaching 112 degrees before cooler air arrives Monday.

Philadelphia will see sunny skies and temperatures near 90 through Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms return Sunday, with heavy rain possible.

Atlanta faces a Heat Advisory through Saturday as temperatures climb toward 100 degrees next week. Afternoon storms may bring brief relief, but not much of it.

A Flood Watch covers Columbus through Friday morning as heavy thunderstorms and 1 to 2 inches of rain threaten flooding. Heat and more storms return this weekend.