Tropical storms trigger flash flood threat across Southeast as heavy rains bring drought relief

MIAMI — An active weather pattern that has brought a wave of rich tropical moisture across Florida and parts of the Southeast has settled over the region, triggering heavy rainfall and thunderstorms over the next few days.

A broad Level 1 out of 4 flash flood threat stretches from eastern Kansas southward to parts of the Gulf Coast and eastward to the Atlantic coasts of Georgia...