Thunderstorms bring severe weather to several states, killing a child, as heat bakes West

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on severe weather across the U.S. for Wednesday, June 5. For the latest forecast, view our file for Thursday, June 6.

Strong thunderstorms barreled across the central and eastern U.S. on Wednesday, reportedly claiming the life of a young child, triggering flood advisories and a series of travel delays while a heat dome baked California's Central Valley, other parts of the West and southern Texas.

A 2-year-old was killed and a two-month old and their mother were injured when a tree fell on their house in Livonia − 20 miles northwest of Detroit − amid high winds from a storm, WJBK-TV reported. There were no details on the condition on the mother and the baby, who were hospitalized.

Separate storms were set to roll over the Midwest, lower Plains, Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic region throughout the day and into the night, according to the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. By the morning, flash flood warnings were in effect across parts of north-Central Texas and northwestern Louisiana as well as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Philadelphia.

In Texas, the weather service in Fort Worth asked residents to stay inside as floodwaters remained high and rivers were above their flood stage. "Doppler radar indicated the heavy rain has largely come to an end, however it will take several hours for flood waters to recede," the weather service said. "Please do not travel unless you are sure roads are not flooded!"

In Oklahoma and Iowa, meteorologists warned of flooding along the banks, fields and roads near rivers. Across Michigan and Ohio, forecasters said isolated wind damage throughout the afternoon would be the main storm threat.

Close to 60,000 homes and businesses were without power across Texas on Wednesday late afternoon, according to a USA TODAY outage tracker. A combined 59,000 utility customers in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota reported outages, in addition to 26,000 in Mississippi, the tracker showed.

At Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, more than 350 flights were delayed and at least 45 were canceled Wednesday morning, according to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website. Officials temporarily grounded all flights at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Travelers were not immune to disruptions in the Northeast either. Flights at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport were delayed on average by more than three hours, while Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey saw average delays of over two hours, the FAA reported. Departure delays were also reported at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C.

Millions under heat advisories

Much of the southwestern U.S., southern Texas and California's Central Valley were under heat advisories as record-breaking temperatures were anticipated to reach triple digits amid the first major heat wave of the summer.

The weather service in Los Angeles and Oxnard, California, said temperatures up to 100 degrees were expected across the Cuyama and Salinas valleys through the afternoon, as well as the Highway 14 corridor, which runs from Los Angeles to the northern Mojave Desert.

In the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, temperatures were expected to reach the 90s to lower 100s, the weather service said. Heat advisories were also active across New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Nevada, where forecast temperatures approached or exceeded 100 degrees. The afternoon high temperature for Las Vegas may land somewhere between 107 and 114 degrees, the weather service said.

Southern Texas, which has faced unseasonably hot temperatures since late May, could see afternoon highs of 103 to 107, while the heat index or "feels like" temperature could reach well over 110 degrees in some areas, including Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Uvalde, El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley.

The extreme heat is expected to continue into the weekend.

Heat dome impact

National weather radar

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Wednesday weather: Severe storms lash central, eastern US; West bakes