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Flash Flood Watch In Effect For Portions Of Southern Nevada

Jul 25, 2019

A flash flood watch remains in effect in portions Southern Nevada through Thursday evening, the National Weather Service said.

The watch impacts western Clark County, southern and central Nye County, Esmeralda County, and Lincoln County, beginning at 11 a.m. through the evening.

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Aimee Cutter, the owner of Beach House restaurant, walks through water surge from Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, La. Hurricane Barry made landfall Saturday morning.

Barry Makes Landfall In Louisiana, Weakening To Tropical Storm

Jul 13, 2019
The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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A baby's nursery furniture is strewn about in a flooded Rosslea home on Feb. 5.

Australian Residents Return Home After Flash Floods, Amid Warnings Of Another Storm

Feb 05, 2019
Hundreds of residents in the coastal city of Townsville are heading home after days of devastating flooding submerged entire neighborhoods. Police have reported two fatalities.
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Howard County Police officials said rescuers pulled the body of Army National Guardsman, Sgt. Eddison Hermond, from the Patapsco River Tuesday.

Body Of Missing Man Found After Ellicott City, Md., Flood

May 29, 2018
Army National Guardsman Sgt. Eddison Hermond vanished trying to rescue a woman on Sunday. Rescuers pulled his body from the Patapsco River Tuesday.
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Ellicott City, Md.'s Main Street was turned into a raging river on Sunday, in a catastrophe that followed another flash flood in 2016. The water wrecked storefronts and left cars strewn amid debris on Monday.

Flash Flood Tears Through Maryland Town For Second Time In Two Years

May 28, 2018
Less than two years after what had been called a "once in a 1,000 years" flood in 2016, Ellicott City, Md., sees its historic downtown ravaged anew. One man remains missing.
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Hawaii Gov. David Ige (left) flies over the flood-damaged areas of the island of Kauai on Monday, assessing the damage and rescue needs on the island. Hawaii is bracing for even more rain over the next two days

Kauai Struggles With Severe Flooding, As More Rain Is In The Forecast

Apr 19, 2018
A storm dropped record rainfall on the island this past weekend. Residents are assessing the damage — and bracing for even more rain. There's a flash flood watch in place for all of Hawaii.
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A car leans against a building, the result of the immense and sudden floods that hit Mandra, a town near Athens, on Thursday.

Deadly Floods Devastate Western Greek Cities

Nov 16, 2017
Greece is in mourning after torrential downpours caused floods causing deaths, injury and destruction of hundreds of homes and businesses outside Athens.
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Flash Flood Watch In Place Through Friday Night

Sep 08, 2017

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch across Clark County and southern Nevada for the weekend as thunderstorms are expected to hit across the valley.

The service put the warning in effect from 9 a.m. Friday morning and have it in effect through late Friday night.

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A helicopter flies above the rugged terrain along the banks of the East Verde River during a search and rescue operation for victims of a flash flood on Sunday in Payson, Ariz. Search and rescue crews recovered bodies of five adults and four children.

Deadly Arizona Flash Flood Created '40-Foot Wide Black Wave'

Jul 17, 2017
The victims were all from one Phoenix family, who had been celebrating a birthday alongside a popular swimming hole, unaware that summer thunderstorms had just dropped heavy rains upstream.
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An area in Tonto National Forest in Arizona.

At Least 9 People Are Dead After Flash Flooding In Rural Arizona

Jul 16, 2017
A flash flood plowed through a popular rural Arizona swimming hole Saturday afternoon, killing at least nine people, local authorities say. One person is missing.
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Searchers Make Last, Big Push To Find Boy Swept Up In Flood

Sep 25, 2015

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The search for the body of 6-year-old Tyson Lucas Black who was swept away by floods in a small polygamous community on the border of Utah and Arizona is expected to be scaled-back beginning Friday.

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The Latest: Utah Flash Flooding Kills 3 Sisters, Their Kids

Sep 17, 2015

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The mayor of a small polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border says searchers are hoping to find a 6-year-old boy after flash flooding killed 12 others, including the child's mother, aunts, siblings and cousins.

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The Latest On Flooding: 4th Body Found In Zion National Park

Sep 16, 2015

HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Officials at Zion National Park in southern Utah say a fourth person has been found dead and three people are still missing after heavy rains sent flash floods coursing through a narrow slot canyon.

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Search crews clear mud and debris from a road following a flash flood Monday in Hildale, Utah.

Death Toll In Flash Floods On Utah-Arizona Border Increases To 9

Sep 15, 2015

Two vehicles carrying 16 women and children were swept into a sudden rush of floodwater in southern Utah on Monday.

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Outdoors: Slippery slopes

Jul 28, 2015

A foolhardy hike during a flash flood could have killed me. Instead it awakened awe — and a taste for danger.

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Flash Floods Close Roads For The 3rd Day In A Row In Northern Nevada

Jul 10, 2015

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Flash flooding again closed roads and highways along the Sierra's eastern front on Thursday as thunderstorms dumped heavy rain from north of Reno to south of Carson City for the third day in a row.

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Storm Brings Flash Flooding To Las Vegas

Jul 07, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A thunderstorm with heavy rains and high winds moved across the Las Vegas area, flooding roads and knocking out power to hundreds.

The National Weather Service says parts of the area were under a flash flood warning Monday evening.

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Flash Flood Watch In Parts Of Nevada, Including Clark County

Aug 04, 2014
Much of Nevada is under a flash flood watch as unseasonably cool weather pushes rain across the region on the heels of one of the state's hottest Julys...
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Zion Hikers Recount Surviving A Flash Flood

Aug 26, 2010
Imagine climbing through Zion National Park, only to see a flash flood rush toward you. That's what happened to David Frankhouser, Joe Cain and Jason Fico.
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