In the span of just six hours on Wednesday evening, the Oklahoma City metro area saw numerous damaging tornadoes, large hail, destructive wind gusts, enough rain to trigger a rare “flash flood emergency,” tigers getting loose, and a 2.9 earthquake. Tonight was not a good night on the plains.

A video making the rounds this afternoon purports to show a flash flood tearing through a Serbian neighborhood, tearing away fences and hurling cars and trees downstream as if they were toys.

Tropical Storm Odile is trucking through the Gulf of California this afternoon after striking the Baja Peninsula as a major hurricane on Sunday night. The storm's remnants will move into the southwestern U.S. over the next few days, potentially creating a repeat of last week's major flash flooding.

As dependable as the sunrise, every flash flood disaster produces photos of people who drive into floods only to get stuck and need to be rescued by emergency crews. Arizona actually has a law in place that charges these less-than-bright drivers for the full cost of their rescue, plus a hefty penalty.

A hospital in Kearney, Nebraska released terrifying security camera footage of a flash flood bursting through the doors of the hospital's cafeteria, gushing into the room with the fury you'd expect to see in a Hollywood movie.

Slow-moving thunderstorms around Colorado Springs this afternoon dumped enormous amounts of rain over the region in a short period of time, leading to dangerous flash flooding across the area. One resident of the city took this incredible video of the water pounding a bridge with the fury of Niagara Falls.