Top weather news for Wednesday, May 14, 2025: A multiday severe weather threat begins in the central and northern Plains today. Meanwhile, the search for a missing 12-year-old boy continues after Flash Flood Emergencies were issued in the mid-Atlantic, and Texas prepares to bake under a potentially historic heat dome.

The scorching heat descending upon the Lone Star State will be so extreme that thermometers are forecast to climb higher than the sun-baked sands of all the U.S. deserts, with high temperatures possibly reaching close to 115 degrees along the Rio Grande.

Tens of millions of people from the Upper Midwest to the Ohio Valley are on alert as a multiday severe weather threat begins Wednesday, with forecasters warning of storms capable of producing tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season caused an estimated $130 billion in damage and ranked as the third costliest season in history. "The severity of the 2024 hurricane season was a stark reminder of how vulnerable we are to natural disasters," Jennifer Pintacuda, president of AAA’s Florida-based insurance companies, said in a statement.

A strong earthquake rattled the waters just off the Greek island of Crete Tuesday evening, with shaking felt across the region in the middle of the night.

As temperatures rise and summer approaches, advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about an annual and deadly danger: children left alone in hot cars.