Turning now to weather are parts of the northeastern U.S. have experienced catastrophic flooding over the last few days.

Are these floods a warning sign for things to come?

Kentucky, our Christy Dutton finds the answer.

New York and Vermont were some of the hardest hit areas.

Some communities there receiving almost two months of rain in two days.

John Gordon, meteorologist with the National Weather Service here in Louisville, is joining us.

John, how does all that flooding in the New England states relate to Kentucky?

Oh, my gosh.

What's the big problem in eastern Kentucky?

It's flooding anywhere in Kentucky.

We get a lot of heavy rainfall.

We're in elevated areas and you can get cataclysmic flooding.

Many famous governor in a state of Kentucky, Bertie County, he was killed by cresting flash flood waters, the frozen creek flood of the thirties, the giant floods of 2010 and Bowling Green, We got 12 inches of rain.

Remember, folks, turn around, don't drown with heavy rain cause in your area.

And it seems like we're seeing a lot more heavy rain events.

Just the intensity of these heavy rain and flooding events in Kentucky seem to just keep coming.

Right.

The number one question I get everywhere is about climate change.

One thing is a fact.

We are getting an increase in temperature right now worldwide.

Okay.

So we are.

So what happens when you're increasing temperature?

You have more rain, more water vapor that can hold up in the atmosphere.

You get more water vapor and when it falls, there's much more that comes out of the sky and it can can become those frog stranglers where it goes from clear to all that heavy rain in a matter of moments.

Some of those places that you just mentioned in New York, we got nine inches in 3 hours.

There is no land on the earth that can absorb that much rain that quick.

And that causes flash flooding now.

Explain to us what flash flooding is, how it's different than river flooding or just flooding.

That's a great question.

So you get this very heavy rainfall in a very short period of time.

You get this rapid rise of water where the ground the ground cannot hold it anymore.

You get excess of runoff and the creeks can't hold up with it, The streams can't hold up with it.

And it only takes six inches, folks, to six inches in your car to lose total control from heavy rain.

Never, ever, ever drive through a flooded stretch of road in Kentucky.

And we say that all the time because that's how most flood fatalities occur, right?

Yep.

Number one killer, not counting temperature.

You know, flash flooding kills more than tornadoes worldwide in general.

And please, folks, don't ever.

Worst thing you can do if you listen to nothing on this interview, never drive around a barricade or something that's been put up.

More and more people drive around unnecessarily.

Barricades and then lose their life and then their family suffers for years to come.

Just don't do it.

It's good advice.

Thank you so much, John.

Thanks, Kristie.

John always has the answers.

National Weather Service data shows that in recent years, a larger percentage of precipitation has come in the form of intense single day events.

This increases the risk of flash flooding in both rural and urban areas.