Looking ahead, a significant warming trend is expected next week. Temperatures will climb into the upper 80s and potentially reach the low 90s by midweek, with increasing humidity. Thunderstorm chances will return Tuesday through Thursday, with the possibility of heat indices approaching 100 degrees.

A sprawling area of storms infused with tropical moisture is dropping heavy rain along the Gulf Coast Thursday and could produce significant flash flooding into the weekend. Louisiana is at the greatest risk for dangerous flash flooding,

Likening the system to a merry-go-round, Pilié said weather forecasting models Thursday showed the storm doing a full loop around the southeast U.S. before circling back to the Gulf Coast, bringing increased rain chances and the potential for tropical development late next week.

Heavy rains in South Korea have killed at least four people and forced over 1,300 to evacuate. Three people were found dead Thursday in a submerged car, a stream, and a flooded basement.

Heavy rains pounded South Korea for a third day on Friday in a deluge that has killed at least four people, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed property and infrastructure.

This amount of rain would have been welcomed spread over six months,” she said. “But we’ve gotten it in two months."

Part of northern Lower Michigan got blasted with the heaviest rain. The highest official rain measurement was 5.36″ at Crawford, MI. An area between Grayling and Frederic has radar rain estimates between six inches and eight inches. Anything colored in yellow had at least two inches total rainfall.

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.