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Five one in 1,000 year event. this holds more moisture and were seeing these rain events. its not over with. we need the rain in some parts of new england and thats where its going where theyve had flash droughts. there could be good news to this. flash flooding as well expected. >> tom, a lot of folks in the west would love to see some of that rain. >> they would. >> for sure, the drought situation really serious. thank you stow much for bringing that to us to keep people safe in their communit...

>> yeah, so femas maps right now are really focused on riverene flooding and coastal flooding. our maps, and we work with local jurisdictions to update the map when they ask us to provide additional assistance to update them. i think the part thats really difficult right now is the fact that our flood maps dont take into account excessive rain that comes in when were seeing these record rainfalls that are happening. st. louis, right, record rainfall of over 100 years that when you have that amou...

>> reporter: fast flowing, fast rising flash floods, a common seen this summer with 1,000 year rain events striking in multiple states. cnn collected data from local and federal flood agencies and found significant portions of communities that saw floods of biblical proportions this summer were outside of what fema considers high risk flood zones. >> people should not rely on fema flood maps in this age of climate change because the flood maps only look backwards. they look at historical floodin...

There was a worse drought back ten years ago, 90% of the state was in drought back then. now its maybe 60%. the reservoir is close to 70% full. its not as bad as what were seeing out west on the colorado river. >> one thing, it feels like its happening more and more often. and i know lately, weve had, in one week along, three 1 in 1,000-year rain events, st. louis, eastern kentucky, illinois, you saw the events happening. so when people do ask, is this the new normal, what is the answer? >> yes....

But some texans getting more than what they bargained for. floodwaters soaking homes an rearranging furniture. >> it looked like a roaring rapid river. i had never experienced that before. >> a new normal with extreme rain events the result of climate change. eastern kentucky and southeast illinois and death valley and now the dallas area all drenched by once in a thousand year floods just in the past few weeks. >> sam brock reporting there. it is a busy primary day today and yes, steve kornacki...

Death valley national park remains closed today after monsoon rains triggered flash floods that left 1,000 visitors and park staff stranded. look at these images right here. officials say those people were eventually able to leave after crews cleared watpathways throu the mud and debris. n and the u.s. has seen a series ever extreme rain events recently including three once in 1,000 year floods in kentucky, missouri, and illinois. tomorrow, president biden will visit kentucky to see firsthand ...

Arizona. as the climate crisis amplifies extreme weather events. meteorologist and journalist with yale climate connection joins us. hi, bob. the first sentence of your friday article said "goosed by extreme one-day rainfall, a phenomenon getting worse with human caused climate change, floods tore through towns and landscapes in rural kentucky." how is climate change impacting this? >> when you have a warmer atmosphere as we do, it allows more water vapor to evaporate from oceans. when the air f...

So its a major loss when thousands die. tucker. >> tucker: matt finn for us tonight, thanks so much. taking place in the wake of a massive poultry caliph that was not reported many places but was huge. there are applications to all of us so we want to talk with someone who works with cattle for living. assistant manager of winter livestock, and angus breeder, joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on. first just really quick, does this explanation makes sense to you? >> tucker, yeah. this i...

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