AccuWeather's Bernie Rayno and Joe Lundberg look ahead to next week's weather. The Plains and Midwest can expect more severe storms, while the East will have cooler weather.

Meteorologists Bernie Rayno and Joe Lundberg from AccuWeather anticipate more severe weather in the Plains and Midwest, driven by a significant cold front moving eastward. The front is expected to bring storms and the potential for flash flooding in affected areas, while the East may see cooler and less humid conditions if the front progresses far enough.

Meanwhile, the western US is forecast to remain hot and mostly dry, increasing the risk of wildfires due to ongoing dry conditions. Recent rainfall has been significant east of the Rockies, with some areas experiencing flooding, but the overall weather pattern is not expected to change dramatically in the coming week.

Look head: Severe weather in Plains and Midwest; Cool in East

Joe, let's talk about what we're looking at next week. Alright, severe weather is going to rear its ugly head once again, and I think Tuesday and Wednesday at the front and center of the Midwest into the Plain States from a pretty significant cold front that's going to come into the east late next week and may bring some relief into the east next weekend. May. There's still some question marks as to how far south and east in that front will get. We'll explain that in a moment. It's gonna be hot, mainly dry in the west. The concern with that is it's unfortunately wildfires may start to increase out in the west. Joe, when you take a look at rainfall over the last 30 days, boy, it's been drying the West, which is listen, that's common for this time of the year, but a lot of rain east of the Rockies. Yeah, obviously, you know, you focus on, you know, the big rains, the devastating floods across portions of Texas Hill country, but there's been a lot of rain there. And you notice here in parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, you've seen some pretty hefty rains as well. It doesn't include the heavy rains that fell in here last night in the Chicagoland area, where they're dealing with some flash flooding this morning. You've also seen quite a bit of rain here in the mid Atlantic states as well. So it's been a pretty wet pattern across a big part of the country, and I don't know that it's gonna change an awful lot. Now, there may be less of it in the nation's midsection as we go through next week. But if you look at the U. S. Drought monitor, we're in pretty good shape across a lot of the country. We need more here. We're getting some right now. There's another front that's going to come through that could cause some more wet weather as we go through next week. Joe, the big highlights as we head into next week. Well, it's gonna be hot and dry in the West, and as a result of that, I'm concerned that the fire danger is going to be elevated. The dip in the jet stream in the east. You're gonna be seeing some war severe weather in here. That's Tuesday, Wednesday. That's a front that's gonna continue to press eastward the south in the east. You're gonna see some unsettled weather. It's very warm, not necessarily hot, but humid, slow moving thunderstorms, a risk of flooding eventually that front comes into the east. If it can clear the eastern seaboard, we could have some relief from the heat and humidity for a couple of days, maybe next weekend.

China’s Xi Jinping has welcomed Russia’s Vladimir Putin, India’s Narendra Modi and leaders from around 20 countries to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, a high-security gathering aimed at boosting Beijing’s influence and promoting "a multipolar world order."

Tianjin

Xi aims to show global south unity with Modi and Putin

Russia's Vladimir Putin is among a dozen leaders attending the regional security summit, which comes at a crunch moment in talks over his war on Ukraine, and for a summit that's demonstrating a strong show of unity among Global South leaders.

Beijing

Putin arrives in China for key regional security summit

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson detailed his plan Saturday to resist President Trump's threatened immigration crackdown in his city. CBS News has learned the Trump administration plans to intensify immigration enforcement in the city as early as next week.

Chicago

Chicago mayor pushes back on Trump's immigration crackdown

Russian strikes shook the Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine overnight Friday, hitting a five-story apartment building, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more.

Zaporizhzhia

Russia continues assault on Ukrainian cities

For the first time since this week's deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis church, which killed two young students and wounded more than a dozen people, a devastated community gathered Saturday at the site to attend Mass.

Minneapolis

Mass held at site of Minneapolis church shooting

The United States says it will not allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to New York next month for a United Nations gathering of world leaders, where several U.S. allies are set to recognise Palestine as a state.

New York

Middle East Conflict

U.S bars Palestinian leadership from attending UN

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing for an immigration crackdown in Chicago as early as next week, sources told CBS News. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted the Trump administration's plans.

Chicago immigration crackdown could happen next week, sources say

The Israeli military on Friday declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone” before a new offensive in the Palestinian enclave's largest city. Israel is moving forward with plans to seize Gaza City despite growing international pressure to end the nearly two-year conflict.

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Israel declares Gaza City a 'dangerous combat zone'

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been blocked from attending the UN General Assembly in New York next month. That's as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cancelled visas for the Palestinian delegation.

U.S. blocks Palestinian officials from attending UN general assembly

The death toll of a devastating Russian air assault in Kyiv earlier this week has been revised upward to 25. Now European allies suggest Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing U.S. President Donald Trump if he runs out the clock on Washington's peace efforts.

Paris

Ukraine Invasion

Macron says Putin 'played Trump' if Zelenskyy meeting isn’t set soon

The Trump administration is planning expanded immigration operations in Chicago next week, two Department of Homeland Security sources tell CBS News. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.

Trump planning immigration crackdown in Chicago next week: sources

Iran-backed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa, according to Yemeni and Israeli reports. The strikes also targeted top military officials, including the group's defence minister.

Sana'a

Iran-backed Houthi PM killed in Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's capital

Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed 39-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday (August 29) on an ethics violation, abruptly ending the term of Thailand's youngest prime minister after just over a year in office.

Bangkok

Thai court ousts PM Paetongtarn for ethics violation

Chinese President Xi Jinping will be flanked by leaders of some of the world's most heavily sanctioned nations at a World War Two military parade in Beijing next week, in a show of solidarity against the West.

China to stage massive military parade as Xi hosts sanctioned leaders

The multinational peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL has played a significant role in monitoring the security situation in southern Lebanon for decades, including during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict last year.

Beirut

UN votes to end peacekeeping force in Lebanon after five decades

Russia, set to assume the UN Security Council presidency in October, has proposed extending the resolution that governs the snapback mechanism, potentially intensifying a diplomatic standoff with European powers.

Moscow

Russia slams European push to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran

It's been 13 days since President Trump said he could strike a peace deal in Ukraine, following his meeting with Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin. But Russia shows no signs of backing down, launching an aerial assault on Kyiv.

Kyiv

Russian attack on Kyiv kills more than a dozen people

The shooter in Minneapolis fired more than 100 rounds from a rifle at the church where students at Annunciation Catholic School attended Mass. City and state officials highlighted this fact as they called for stricter gun control.

Minneapolis officials call for stronger gun laws after school shooting

The shooter who killed 2 kids and injured 17 at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis had ties to the church where he targeted children celebrating a new school year during mass.

Annunciation school shooter had knowledge of church he targeted

The White House is responding to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Susan Monarez's refusal to step down from her role. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports.

Washington

White House reacts to CDC director refusing to step down from role

In Tehran on Thursday, Iran’s currency traded at over 1 million to $1. At the time of the 2015 accord, it traded at 32,000 to $1, showing the currency’s precipitous collapse in the time since.

Tehran

Europe prepares sanctions as Iran's currency falls

Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed in a school shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics. Warning, this video is difficult to watch.

FBI investigating Minneapolis Catholic school shooting as hate crime

UN officials and aid agencies have warned that famine in Gaza is no longer a looming threat but a present reality, with children increasingly dying of hunger. In a blunt address to the UN Security Council, officials described the famine and widespread hunger in the enclave as “engineered” and “man-made” disasters.

UN Security Council affirms Gaza famine is manmade

Denmark summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country to protest what Danish officials say is an unprecedented effort by people close to U.S. President Donald Trump to conduct secret influence operations in Greenland.

Breakdown