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On Monday at 3:37 p.m. the National Weather Service released a flash flood warning in effect until 7:45 p.m. for Carbon and Monroe counties.
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Brevard County and flood warnings and watches across the state.
The National Weather Service issued a flood warning at 9:07 p.m. on Monday in effect until Tuesday at 12:15 a.m. for Bergen County.
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Jacobin on MSNThe US Government Is Underfunding Flood Warning SystemsDespite the rising threat of climate disasters like last week’s deadly flash flood in Texas, the vast majority of America’s waterways are still not being monitored by water level gauges that help identify impending disasters.
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,
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The Texas Tribune on MSNDid fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
There has been a record-high number of flash flood warnings issued in the U.S. this year, which can be linked to climate change and improved weather systems. The catastrophic and deadly flash flooding in central Texas earlier this month has brought attention to the increasing intensity of these weather events and how Americans can prepare for them.
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,