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Flood watch in effect for Washington, DC, major Mid-Atlantic cities amid storm risks
Major I-95 cities -- Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia -- could be impacted as heavy ...
How do you survive a flash flood? Keep an ax in the attic
Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years — in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others — have showed that ...
What flood insurance does and does not cover
Though natural disasters cycle across seasons and regions in the U.S., it’s often a shocking discovery for property owners ...
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Flash Flood Hits Chicago, Localized Storm Dumps 5 Inches of Rain in 2 Hours on City's West Side
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at 9:46 p.m. Tuesday night for Chicago and Cicero and the situation ...
A perfect storm of circumstances created a worst-case scenario for flooded Texas communities
In the early hours of Independence Day, rain pelted sleeping communities in central Texas. No one knew yet how devastating ...
Flash floods like the one that swept through Texas are the nation’s top storm-related killer
A swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of Texas on Friday, killing at least 79 people and leaving many more ...
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What is a Mesoscale Convective Vortex? The storm that flooded central Texas on the 4th of July
ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith explains the weather pattern that led to the catastrophic flooding event in central Texas ...
Texas flooding maps and photos: Camp Mystic among sites with catastrophic storm damage
At Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Hunt, Texas, where officials are grieving the loss of 27 children and counselors, ...