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Sydney Under Severe Weather Warning as Temperatures Plunge

Sydney is experiencing a dramatic weather shift, with severe weather warnings issued across the state as temperatures drop from 29°C to 19°C, bringing heavy rainfall, damaging winds, and hazardous surf conditions.

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FEMA Flood Maps Fail to Capture Deadly Texas Flash Floods

Deadly flash floods in Texas and other states in July 2025 exposed flaws in FEMA's flood maps, which primarily focus on river and coastal flooding, neglecting flash flood risks, leading to underpreparedness and underinsurance in vulnerable areas; improved technology offers solutions but faces politi...

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Ruidoso, New Mexico, Devastated by Flash Flooding After Wildfires

Flash flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico, from torrential rains killed three people, including two children, damaged or destroyed 35-50 homes, and prompted 65 swift-water rescues, a year after wildfires devastated the area.

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Texas Floods Expose Limits of Weather Forecasting

Severe flooding in central Texas last week, exceeding even some Texas officials' expectations, exposed the limits of current weather models in precisely forecasting intense rainfall, highlighting the urgent need for improved models threatened by proposed NOAA budget cuts.

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Severe Weather Threatens 25 Million Americans

A severe weather system impacting over 25 million Americans on Saturday brings damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding across the central and eastern U.S., stemming from an "omega block pattern" and causing widespread damage from Texas to Ohio.

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Devastating Midwest Tornadoes and Impending Catastrophic Flooding

Wednesday's Midwest tornadoes caused widespread destruction across at least four states, resulting in injuries, power outages affecting over 375,000 people, and a declared tornado emergency in Arkansas; ensuing flash flood warnings impacting over 1.4 million people signal a potentially historic mult...

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Widespread Flash Flooding Across US After Intense Rainfall

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms caused widespread flash flooding across the Midwest and southern US, leading to numerous water rescues in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after 8-14 inches of rain fell in a few hours; a state of emergency was declared in Waukesha County.

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East Coast braces for severe flooding from intense summer storms

Slow-moving summer storms are expected to drench the East Coast on Monday, posing a severe flood threat to over 44 million people across nine states, with locally higher amounts greater than 5 inches possible in the Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Philadelphia metro areas.

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Texas Floods: Record Rainfall Fueled by Climate Change

Torrential rains in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in under an hour on Friday, the second highest on record, due to slow-moving thunderstorms and abundant tropical moisture amplified by climate change, resulting in widespread flash flooding.

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NSW Floods: 22 Rescues, 60 Evacuations After Days of Heavy Rain

Heavy rain in New South Wales has caused significant flash flooding, resulting in 22 flood rescues and 60 evacuations, with Taree experiencing over 267mm of rainfall since Monday. The SES responded to 1400 incidents from 2000 calls.

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19 Dead as Deadly Floods and Severe Storms Pummel US South and Midwest

At least 19 people died and 34 million were under flood alerts Sunday as heavy rainfall and deadly flash floods continued across the US South and Midwest, with the threat of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes shifting eastward.

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Severe Storms and Tornadoes Devastate US South and Midwest

Violent storms and tornadoes ripped across the US South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least one person, causing widespread damage, and prompting warnings in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Mississippi; a rare tornado emergency was declared in Arkansas, with debris reaching 25,000ft...

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