Natural disasters such as wildfires and flash floods can cause extensive damage, as can unfortunate home mishaps like water ...

Flash floods can turn deadly in minutes, sweeping away cars, flooding homes, and knocking people off their feet. They kill an average of 88 people each year in the US, and as climate change fuels more ...

If you're caught in a flash flood, Susi's advice is to get on your back with your feet up in front of you to try to push away obstacles and back stroke toward the side of the river.

If you end up in the water in a flash flood, there is very little you can do to survive, Dworkin and other rescue experts said. "It is very difficult to combat nature.

Flash flood warnings have been declared for parts of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland amid forecasts for severe thunderstorms and heavy rain Thursday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Vehicles sit submerged as a search and rescue worker looks through debris from the early July flash flooding in Hunt, Texas. Jim Vondruska What should you do in the face of a flash flood?

While the July 4th floods broke records, Texas is not alone. Flash floods have devastated communities across the country in recent months, from the South to the Midwest.