Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are very localized, even neighborhood-level warnings may seem like false alarms to some residents, leading to what the journalist Zoë Schlanger has dubbed “ alert fatigue .”

Summer has increasingly become a season marked by deadly disasters, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.

Flash flooding could hit parts of Leicestershire as thunderstorms follow weeks of the ground being baked by scorching heat. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for the county, with forecasters saying hard soil might struggle to absorb heavy rainfall.

So observes Sarah Johnson, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, which yet again has posted a flash flood watch, this one from 2 p.m. Monday until 2 a.m Tuesday.

Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years — in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others — have showed that preparing for flash flooding is a new necessity as the planet warms.

A spokesman for Camp Mystic, the Texas enclave devastated by a July 4 flash flood, is raising concerns about communication failures during the disaster. The spokesman for the camp and the

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There is a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life, the Met Office has said. The new yellow warning comes into effect on Monday (July 21) at 11am and will stay in place until 9pm that night.

A flood warning for the Rio Grande in Laredo and Webb County issued by the National Weather Service runs through Thursday evening.