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Floods and a tornado hit the Southwest as overwash closes Hatteras roads (video)
Flooding drove families from homes across the Four Corners and Socorro County. In Arizona, a tornado injured a bicyclist; on Hatteras Island, damaged pavement brought emergency ferries. The Alert Pulse video for Oct 19 – 25, 2026: the emergency alerts sent across the United States, told night by night from the report's own figures, with the full report and its data one link away.
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That was one of 3,742 emergency warnings across the country in the week of October 19.
The week, day by day. The busiest day was October 22, with 920 warnings.
Wednesday, 8:15 AM. Kane County, Utah: a considerable damage threat.
By 11:49 AM, a local agency alert in Emery County.
Dennis Alexander, Bloomfield resident displaced by flooding, speaking to Albuquerque Journal: Totally lost everything. My car — my car floated 10 miles down the river.
Sunday, 5:01 PM: a local agency alert in Socorro County, New Mexico.
Wednesday, 5:19 AM: a first warning in Coconino County, Arizona.
Volusia County, Florida, was under a warning on 8 of the week's 7 days.
It will happen again. Know when it is your street.
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