Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.

Regardless, the process cannot create storms out of thin air. Ken Leppert, an associate professor of atmospheric science at ...

Floodwaters have trapped people in their homes and cars in a mountain village that is a popular summer retreat in southern ...

No deaths were immediately reported, but three people had been taken to the hospital and were in stable condition.