I agree, and let me add to that.

Avoid Flood Plains. Many dangerous Flood Plains are not obvious.
Start identifying Flood Plains in your area. Start learning
how much area the drainage has. You will then be training
yourself to identify them by sight or on a map. Flood records
are another resource.

If you are evacuating, to escape a Hurricane, then you would want
to find high ground. For example, you relocate from Florida to
the foot hills of Georgia at an elevation of 200 feet. That may
be a high ground relative to Florida and storm (sea) surge.
But is it LOCAL high ground? If you are in a mountain valley,
i.e. a Flood Plain, you still may be in trouble.

This applies, whether you are in a secret camping spot, the
house of a relative, or a Wall-Mart parking lot.

BTW, it is common for a hurricanes to generate heavy rain for
inland areas, I think.