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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Isaias makes landfall near Destin, widespread impacts continue
Damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash flood risk will continue throughout the weekend across the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic.
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Major Hurricane Isaias closer to land, extreme wind warning issued
Numerous damaging tornadoes are possible even after the hurricane moves inland and weakens; the heavy rains will continue throughout Saturday morning across the Florida Panhandle. (Version in Spanish here, too)
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First major hurricane of season threatens northern Gulf Coast
Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Friday and is expected to make landfall near Pensacola by Saturday morning.
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Hurricane Warnings issued as Isaias heads towards northern Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Isaias is expected strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane on Friday. The cyclone is headed towards the northern Gulf but moisture will impact much of Florida.
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Tropical Storm Isaias to become season’s first hurricane, threaten Gulf Coast
Florida faces continued heavy rain and flooding concerns as the strengthening tropical system moves toward the northern Gulf Coast, with landfall possible late Friday or early Saturday.
