Early on Thursday morning the National Weather Service's Lake Charles office announced that it would be expanding the flash flood warning that previously went as far west as Vermillion Parish to include Calcasieu, Cameron, Allen, Jefferson Davis and Beauregard parishes. The watch is in effect from 7 a.m. on Thursday to 7 p.m. on Saturday.

A former tropical disturbance failed to form into a tropical depression before reaching the coast, but it could still have serious impacts.

Several historic and deadly flash flooding events have occurred in the U.S. just within the month of July alone. Experts talk about what factors are increasing the risks.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at 12:02 a.m. on Thursday in effect until 3 a.m. for Colbert and Lauderdale counties.

Western Pennsylvania has been awash in flash flood warnings this year. The National Weather Service has issued 112 such warnings so far in 2025, Alicia Miller, hydrologist at the weather service in Moon,

So far this year, the National Weather Service has issued seven flash flood warnings across Connecticut, more so far than in any year dating back to the Reagan administration. As of Thursday, weather service offices around the country have issued 3,

On Wednesday at 5:36 p.m. the National Weather Service released a flash flood warning in effect until 8:45 p.m. for Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Somerset counties.

Showers and thunderstorms are forecast each day this weekend, starting July 18, as areas of thunderstorms and heavy rain move across the country. A heat wave is also expected. According to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, there is a heightened flooding threat for portions of the Ohio Valley.