On Sunday at 5:15 a.m. a flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 9:15 a.m. for Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Flash flood warnings were issued for multiple areas of the metro, including Independence, Raytown, and Blue Springs.

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.

The National Hurricane Center said Thursday, July 17 a broad area of low pressure is expected to bring heavy rainfall to portions of the Gulf Coast.

Silver Spring and Great Falls were particularly hard hit after up to 5 to 5.5 inches of rain in less than two hours.

Torrential rains flooded basements, backed up sewers and even impacted the Avera Marshall hospital campus on Friday night. Today, city officials declared a state of emergency, and said they were working with Lyon County to respond to localized flooding.

At 5:31 p.m. on Saturday, the NWS Raleigh NC issued a flash flood warning in effect until 8:45 p.m. The warning is for Alamance, Guilford, Orange and Person counties.

The heavy downpours wreaked havoc across the city with footage showing commuters overwhelmed by floodwaters in various subway stations.

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

A flash flood warning was released by the NWS Blacksburg VA on Saturday at 5:41 p.m. in effect until 11:45 p.m. for Caswell and Rockingham counties.

Most of those deaths and injuries were caused by the roofs of weaker homes collapsing.