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More than 3.3 million people were advised of possible road closures and travel complications amid coastal floods.
At 9:55 a.m. on Monday, the National Weather Service issued a flood warning in effect until Tuesday at 12:10 a.m. for Johnson County.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Parts of the Kansas City area are included in a flash flood warning through 1:15 p.m. The National Weather Service issued the warning for eastern Johnson County, east central Wyandotte County, northwestern Cass County and southwestern Jackson County.
A flood advisory is now in effect for parts of Hamilton County, Ohio, and Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties in Kentucky along the Ohio River.
There's a season for flash flooding every year, but 2025 has been marked by extremely deadly torrents of rainfall across the country.
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A flash flood warning was in effect in New York City until 9:45 p.m., and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency. Middlesex, Morris and Somerset counties remained under a flood warning until 7:15 a.m. Tuesday.
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Grist on MSNWhy Flash Flood Warnings Are Never Enough“If you’ve never seen water rise in front of you in minutes, it’s hard to conceive of how quickly that can happen—and how quickly your life and property can be at risk,” said Rachel Hogan Carr, executive director of the Nurture Nature Center, a nonprofit focused on flood-risk communication.
A flash flood warning was released by the NWS Blacksburg VA on Saturday at 5:41 p.m. in effect until 11:45 p.m. for Caswell and Rockingham counties.
The National Weather Service issued Extreme Heat Watches and Flood Advisories throughout Illinois. Here's the forecast.