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Maps show extreme heat and flood threats across U.S.

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A heat wave continues to bake huge sections of the United States, lingering in parts of the desert Southwest and across the northern tier of the country. Across parts of the South, especially Texas, severe storms were forecast to bring heavy rain and possible flooding.

Extreme heat warnings and heat advisories were set to remain in place through Thursday in northern states including Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and stretching across the Northeast, covering an area that’s home to at least 130 million people. 

Maps show heat alerts

The heat index — which accounts for temperatures as well as humidity — was forecast to peak across the northern Plains on Tuesday, hovering around 110 degrees Fahrenheit. 

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The heat index could hit 110 degrees in some northern states.

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Temperatures alone were expected to be 20 to 30 degrees above average for this time of year, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan.

Some areas will hit triple digits, while a handful of locations could see record or near-record temperatures. In Fargo, North Dakota, temperatures could reach 99 degrees on Tuesday, which would challenge a daily record set in 1936.

Temperatures in Rapid City, South Dakota, may climb to 105 degrees Tuesday, which would break a record set in 2012. 

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Map shows forecast high temperatures and heat alerts through Thursday, July 16, 2026.

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Farther east, Syracuse, New York, could hit 97 degrees, which would mark its hottest July 14 in more than 70 years.

The heat is expected to peak in the Northeast over the next couple of days, with states along the East Coast bracing for the worst conditions on Wednesday. 

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Map shows the forecast heat index through Thursday.

Nikki Nolan/CBS News

Severe heat is also continuing to bake the West, driving up risks of wildfires and heat-related health issues. 

In California, extreme heat warnings and advisories were in place for a vast stretch from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Triple-digit temperatures were expected in and around Southern California, which wasn’t likely to experience relief overnight, as low temperatures could reach record heights, said Nolan.

Rain and flood risk

Another 20 million or so were under flood alerts in Texas, as a stationary weather system parked over the South delivers multiple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms. 

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Map shows areas under flood alerts in Texas.

Nikki Nolan/CBS News

Texas Hill Country, which bore the brunt of the destruction caused by the deadly floods in July 2024, faces the most significant threats, said Nolan. Metropolitan areas including Houston and San Antonio could feel some of the impacts, too.

In Hill Country, the weather service has highlighted the risks of excessive rainfall potentially leading to flash flooding, as rainfall rates could reach 2 or 3 inches per hour or higher. The hardest-hit areas could receive between 10 and 15 inches of rain, while about 4 to 6 inches of rainfall was expected to be more widespread.

Ohio Rep. running for reelection comes face-to-face in court with the senator whose daughter he’s accused of abusing

By CNN
Cleveland (CNN) — The senior US senator from Ohio sat with his daughter on a wooden bench in the hallway of the Cuyahoga County courthouse Wednesday, awaiting their turn as a judge in the room next door considered other domestic relations cases, then waiting again as that same judge swiftly declared a break in their case.Bernie Moreno had, for months, declined to wade publicly into the messy custody dispute that had consumed his family and threatened to upend the politics in his state. Now he sat in the thick of it, waiting to hear updates to a series of questions in the case, including whether a judge would grant a restraining order that his daughter’s lawyer had sought against his ex-son-in-law, the congressman Max Miller. Once the proceeding began, he moved to the wooden benches inside amid the press and other family members.Moreno’s daughter, Emily Moreno, was once married to Miller and has accused her now her-ex husband  of abuse, including an incident in which she says he held a gun to her. Miller has denied the assertions, saying his ex-wife is manipulative and suffers from mental illness. Her lawyer denies that.Their case might have been like any of the other domestic matters that went before Judge Debra Boros in the green-carpeted courtroom – except that Miller is also fighting for his political future in a reelection that has drawn national attention. Democrats are bullish they could flip the solidly red district, in part due to people like Moreno and Ohio’s other Republican senator – Jon Husted, who is also on the ballot in November – urging Miller to drop out.As the Morenos chatted on the bench, Miller walked by. The father and daughter bowed their heads.At issue Wednesday was a request not entirely at the heart of the matter.  Andrew Zashin, the lawyer for Emily Moreno, was seeking a restraining order, alleging that Miller grabbed him and another attorney’s bag last month after a hearing in their long-running legal battle. The attorney, filing on Emily Moreno’s behalf, said that it was the second instance in which the Congressman accosted his ex-wife’s legal team outside of court, something Miller’s team has denied.Ultimately the parties agreed to a mutual restraining order: Miller cannot speak to Emily Moreno’s lawyers outside of the court proceedings, and Emily Moreno cannot speak to Miller’s lawyers out of court proceedings.Both sides claimed victory.“What really happened here is their client left in a worse position than when she woke up this morning. When she woke up this morning, she didn’t have a restraining order prohibiting her from having any contact with counsel here,” Miller’s lawyer Larry Zukerman said, alleging that Emily Moreno “verbally attacked my co-counsel.”Emily Moreno’s lawyers deny that.“If that were the case, why didn’t they file something. Just more spin,” Zashin said, adding that he got the restraining order his team had sought.There was also a number of other matters to resolve, including whether an order would be issued in the case to keep court transcripts and depositions from being publicly available, and whether Miller’s private security would have to testify in the case. The judge punted both of those issues for a decision later.Boros was direct with those in the courtroom Wednesday, reminding all parties on two occasions that despite the emotions in the case, there was no excuse to violate court orders – an apparent nod to how the ordinary custody place is playing out in the national spotlight.Attention in the case intensified this month as more media outlets began reporting on allegations that had been part of court filings for months, and Miller faced increasing calls to drop his reelection bid ahead of a key deadline. President Donald Trump even privately told some allies that he didn’t believe Miller can win the race, given the accusations, one source familiar with the conversations previously told CNN.Miller, though, has remained defiant, insisting he would keep running even as the date for party leaders to replace him on the ballot passed. He previously told CNN that Trump had called him and relayed it would be a “tough race.” But Miller insisted he felt good about the decision to stay in.“My daughter is going to grow up one day, and she’s going to see all of this, and she’s not going to see that her father caved to political and social media pressures for something that he never did,” Miller said.After the court hearing on Wednesday, Miller’s attorney blasted the frenzy that has developed around the case, arguing it was unlike most of what he had seen in his time as an attorney.“They are making a political circus out of this,” Zukerman told CNN.The focus on Miller’s political and legal troubles, however, are far from over.After Miller asked the House Ethics Committee for an investigation that he said would clear his name, the committee announced it is “reviewing allegations that Representative Max Miller may have engaged in domestic violence and abuse or illegal drug use.”Miller, who worked as a White House staffer and served in the Marine Corps Reserve before joining Congress in 2023, admitted to last using illegal drugs “several years ago.” He denied currently using drugs but said he takes testosterone replacement therapy in a CNN interview earlier this month.Miller is also still contending with the fallout from his posting a link on social media to hundreds of messages, videos and images involving his ex-wife. While he framed the move as a bid to air out the facts and defend his daughter, the Dropbox folder that Miller shared with his nearly 60,000 followers included sensitive and unredacted details of his own family, including one image that depicted his toddler daughter nude. The photo was taken in the context of an inquiry into an injury the 2-year-old had suffered.Miller’s attorney Aaron Minc took responsibility for the disclosure publicly, and Miller called it “awful,” though he disputed the characterization of it as “shockingly reckless.”“My attorney took full responsibility,” Miller said. “There was never any intent to do that.”The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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