There are reports of multiple people being swept away by flooding in Virginia as tens of millions of people are at risk of dangerous flash floods in pockets of nearly every region of the contiguous United States Friday,

An amber weather warning did not produce the intense rain and flash flooding that was feared on Saturday morning - but more unsettled weather is on the way for much of the UK.

Thunderstorms riding along the periphery of a heat dome over the next week will bring the potential for flooding, damaging wind gusts and hail.