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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Extreme heat! Most of Florida will continue under a heat advisory & dusty conditions
Saharan dust is in place, and a high pressure will continue to bring dangerous heat across much of Florida throughout the weekend.
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Strengthening El Niño could signal early end to Florida's rainy season
A strengthening El Niño over the Pacific Ocean may be already influencing Florida's weather, with long-range outlooks indicating a return to below-average rainfall.
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Dust is on the way to Florida, bringing some weather changes
A plume of Saharan dust is set to arrive to Florida, causing the storm chances to drop and temperatures to soar. Let's talk about the dust!
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Lightning kills one man in Fort Myers, third lightning fatality of the year
Males and Florida lead the nation in lightning fatalities. Here are some lightning safety tips.
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4th of July in Florida: no independence from the heat, humidity
Florida will not be setting new hot records, but it will be extremely humid, and the temperatures will feel above 100 F every afternoon throughout the holiday weekend. How about the rain? There are some marine hazards too!
