Flood Watch issued by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington due to excessive rainfall, with potential flash flooding in DC, MD, VA, and WV. Heavy showers expected; weekly forecast includes thunderstorms and high humidity.

"2025 has been the year of the flood," said WPLG-TV meteorologist Michael Lowry in a July 15 email to USA TODAY. "The tragic July 4th flooding in central Texas – the deadliest flash flood in at least 50 years in the U.S. – punctuated what’s been an especially bad year for flooding across the country."

The National Weather Service has issued more than 3,000 flash flood warnings nationwide so far in 2025, marking the highest number on record for this time of year since tracking began in 1986. And the DMV region is far from exempt.

Camp Mystic's executive director began evacuating campers approximately 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued a "life-threatening flash flooding" alert.

More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep in cabins by the Guadalupe River.

Millions across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic remain under flash flood warnings early Tuesday as slow-moving summer storms bring heavy showers to the East Coast, impacting transportation and leaving people stranded in vehicles on waterlogged roads.

A team of elite search and rescue personnel from Pierce County, known as Washington Task Force One, has arrived in Texas to assist with catastrophic f