NWS office in Paducah, Kentucky, in a flood watch: "Showers and storms through today produced 1 to 4 inches of rainfall ...

A deadly tornado outbreak ripped through the South and Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, destroying homes and neighborhoods, ...

"If we have a lot of rain that falls over several days the system should be able to handle that capacity,” Spencer said.

Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a flood is and how common these extreme events are becoming.

Sometimes you'll hear the phrase "100-year flood." Here's how meteorologists define that term and how to see if you live in a flood plain.