Heavy downpours are on the rise across the entire United States—even in arid parts of the country. Bernadette Woods Placky gives us some reasons why the saying “when it rains it pours” is truer now than it ever has been.
Record-breaking rain across Texas and Oklahoma this week caused widespread flooding, the likes of which the region has rarely, if ever, seen. For seven locations there, May 2015 has seen the most rain of any month ever recorded, with five days to go and the rain still coming. While rainfall in the region is consistent with the emerging El Niño, the
MoreNationwide, the number of days with the most intense precip continues to climb
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Tropical Storm Bill is smashing into the Texas coast, bringing with it storm surge, high winds and, most worryingly, potentially very heavy rains. Eastern Texas is already waterlogged after record-breaking May rainfall, and is expected to see another 4 to 8 inches (and possibly localized spots up to 12 inches), setting up the likelihood of
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While tornadoes normally take center stage during severe weather season, for Oklahoma City on Wednesday, it was torrential rains and flash flooding that overshadowed the twisters. The city recorded more than 7 inches of rain in 24 hours, the third-highest single day rainfall total for any day of the calendar year, with records going back to 1891.
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