Flash flood warning issued in Boston
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Texas, flash flood
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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.
Recent flash flooding in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina is highlighting the extreme danger of these natural disasters and the need to be prepared.
Several areas in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and other cities faced flash flooding from severe thunderstorms that hit the region.
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There are reports some cloud seeding occurred a few days before the Texas flash flood. But it’s important to understand that cloud seeding has a relatively short-term effect in that a certain cloud is seeded and perhaps turns into one individual rain cloud or even a thunderstorm. The increased rainfall would not last for days.
With the recent deadly flash floods in Texas and New Mexico, it's important to remember that monsoon season has begun for the southwestern part of our country and flooding is one of the hazards that comes along with it.
Four days after the devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, local officials and law enforcement in Kerr County couldn’t provide basic details of the emergency response.