Flooding Hazards
While large and highly impactful severe weather events such as hurricanes, tropical storms, widespread tornado outbreaks, blizzards, and winter storms typically garner the largest media coverage, significant flooding events occur frequently across the United States. Therefore, FPREN’s team of meteorologists and producers ensure partner stations and their audiences are well-informed about flooding potential and risks, providing live-action and pre-produced coverage and content when significant flooding is occurring. Click here to learn more.
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Latest Heavy Rain and Flood News
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Typical areas for tropical storm formation in August
As we approach the peak of hurricane season, tropical activity tends to ramp up in August with more tropical waves emerging from Africa. These are the three historical areas where most storms have formed.
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The extreme heat continues, and more records could be broken this week
Tampa broke the all-time record high temperature on Sunday. There are at least 10 stations in Florida that could either break or tie the high records on Monday. How much longer?
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The weekend's Saharan dust limits storm activity, hotter
Much of Florida takes a break from the storms, and Saharan dust takes over, making the temperatures soar.
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Déjà vu: Chance for tropical formation in the Gulf
The low-pressure system has a short amount of time to develop before it moves over land.
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A tropical wave in the middle of the Atlantic
On average, a wave this far would take over 8 days to come close to the U.S. What are the chances of this developing?
