Rescue teams in northern Pakistan expanded their search Friday using heavy machinery to locate at least a dozen tourists who went missing earlier this week after being swept away by flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon,

Nearly 4 inches of rain fell in the Chassell area earlier this week, causing flash floods that washed out roads.

Flood watches across the state include Wichita and areas to the north and northeast. The biggest concern in central Kansas is north of Wichita, in Saline County and its neighbors, which saw multiple inches of rain on Monday, NWS meteorologist Scott Smith said.

This year is poised to become “one of the most flood-impacted summers on record” in the U.S., according to a new report from AccuWeather. Flash floods are defined by the National Weather Service (NWS) as flooding that begins within three to six hours of “extremely heavy” rainfall from thunderstorms.

Flash floods once again ravaged the village of Ruidoso, causing significant damage and sweeping a house downstream.

As the world gets wetter, studying a water cycle in flux is a major challenge. ‘You cannot bring a cloud into a laboratory,’ says one scientist

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory at 11:22 a.m. on Thursday in effect until 2:30 p.m. for Baldwin County.

Large parts of the central and eastern U.S. have seen at least 50% more precipitation than normal. An atmospheric scientist explains why and what creates flash flood weather.