Flash floods are so named because sudden deluges can occur after a heavy rainfall, which the National Weather Service says is the most common cause. The flooding begins within six hours of heavy ...

The training thunderstorms that afternoon led to the city’s second destructive flash flood in two years. Observed precipitation between July 15, 2018, and July 29, 2018. Dennis Mersereau ...

NPR speaks with Jennifer Horney of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware about what to do if you get a ...

An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atmosphere are creating conditions for deadly floods.

Flash floods are deadly Last year, 145 people died in flash floods , according to the weather service. On average over the past 30 years, floods have claimed 127 lives annually.

(AP) – The monstrous, swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people and leaving more people missing, was a flash flood, the nation&#821… ...

(AP) – The monstrous, swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people and leaving more people missing, was a flash flood, the nation’s top ...