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Why it’s so hard to warn people about flash floods

By definition, flash floods are notoriously difficult to warn people about well in advance. They form rapidly, giving forecasters hours of lead time at best to figure out where they might hit with specificity. We've seen this with devastating effect in Texas, where flash floods over Independence Day weekend killed over 100 people - many […]