An updated flood watch was released by the NWS Wakefield VA on Thursday at 1:15 a.m. in effect until Friday at 2 a.m. for Northampton County.

Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years — in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others — have showed that preparing for flash flooding is a new necessity as the planet warms.

On Thursday at 1:31 a.m. the NWS Raleigh NC released a flood warning in effect until 9 a.m. The warning is for Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph counties.

Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis depicted a supporter of President Donald Trump drowning under the severe flash floods that took place in Texas.

The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China,

On Wednesday at 2:52 p.m. a flash flood warning was issued by the NWS Blacksburg VA in effect until 9 p.m. The warning is for Alleghany, Surry and Wilkes counties.

At 9:54 p.m. on Wednesday, the NWS Raleigh NC issued a flash flood warning in effect until Thursday at 1 a.m. for Wake County.

The special session agenda includes 18 legislative priorities, with several directly addressing the recent disaster.

After the tragic flooding in Kerr County, our photographers were there to document a battered but resilient community.