Below is a sneak peek of this content!
2025 07 10 this article was written in part with help from Grok AI2025 09 05 update: now a Patron page with two downloadable files for NWS data, see under NOAA Weather Radio below. A third file gives you the codes for different weather events. These allow you to program some weather radios so they only alert with events you have selected. There have been a number of major natural disasters in the past months, and even years, where flooding has been the main problem. In the U.S. deaths from flooding are the 2nd highest of all natural disasters, with extreme heat being the highest. Up until 2023, there were an average of 113-127 flood related deaths due. However, there were about 132 deaths due to flooding during 2024, with many attributed to the hurricanes, with about 95 due to hurricane Helene. The flood related death toll for 2025 so far is about 150, with about 120 from the recent Texas flooding, and with around 160 people still missing that number is most likely going to increase significantly. Why No Warnings? In all the media coverage the question of why there were no warnings always comes up. Survivors state...