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Why 2025 became the summer of flash flooding in America

  • Written by Jeffrey Basara, Professor of Meteorology, UMass Lowell
imageRescuers searched for survivors after a flash flood in Texas Hill Country on July 4, 2025, that killed more than 130 people. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

The National Weather Service has already issued more than 3,600 flash flood warnings across the United States in 2025, and that number is increasing as torrential downpours continue in late July....

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