The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Central Indiana and Indianapolis. Experts say as temperatures rise throughout the week, so does the risk of heat-related illness.

The heat bubble from the Southwest is making its way to Northeast Indiana, causing temperatures to rise to dangerous levels. The National Weather Service urged caution when going outside.

Multiple wildfires in Nova Scotia have consumed an area of forest unparalleled in the province’s history, and smoke is traveling southwest across the eastern United States.

Temperatures dropped more than 30 degrees in a matter of hours Thursday afternoon during the transition from rain to snow. Central Indiana remains under wind chill warning.

A strong weather system will move through Indiana on Thursday and Friday morning. But forecasters are still trying to determine exactly what conditions Hoosiers will face.

The National Weather Service says a 98 mph wind gust was recorded at Fort Wayne International Airport, the strongest wind the airport has ever recorded.

The National Weather Service said police reported a tornado on the ground in Montgomery County at the intersection of Interstate 74 and State Route 25 north of Waynetown.

Three tornadoes, one of which toppled a church steeple at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury, hit parts of central and south-central Indiana on Saturday as a wave of severe thunderstorms swept across the state, the National Weather Service said.

The weather service said an EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 84 mph touched down briefly Wednesday night about three miles west of the Decatur County town of Millhousen.

A pending winter storm could bring rain, sleet and snow to the central Indiana area this week.