The NWS Raleigh NC issued a heat advisory at 1:43 p.m. on Thursday valid for Friday between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The advisory is for Granville, Vance, Warren, Halifax, Orange, Durham, Franklin, Nash, Edgecombe,

A heat advisory remains in effect for Long Island Thursday but a better weekend is forecast for the region, the National Weather Service said.

Lehigh and Northampton counties, as well as neighboring Bucks and Berks counties, will be under a heat advisory from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. In the Lehigh Valley, a high of 92 is expected, but forecasters said it will feel closer to 102.

On Thursday at 1:36 p.m. a heat advisory was issued by the NWS Wilmington NC valid for Friday between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The advisory is for Inland Pender, Coastal Pender, Inland New Hanover, Coastal New Hanover,

Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 4 and 5 p.m. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 102. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

A heat advisory is in effect for the New York City area Wednesday and Thursday, with feels-like temperatures expected to exceed 100 degrees as more storms threaten the forecast. Air quality is also a concern for vulnerable groups.

Showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall could lead to flash flooding of urbanized and poor drainage areas, small streams and creeks this afternoon into the evening in Delaware, northern Maryland,

The heat advisory includes parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, where two people died in flooding.