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Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend.
Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.
Officials in Kerr County, where the majority of the deaths from the July 4 flash floods occurred, have yet to detail what actions they took in the early hours of the disaster.
Malaya Grace Hammond is among the latest fatalities identified from the Texas floods. Hammond's family said she was swept away by floodwaters on Saturday in Travis County.
The threat of heavy rain is “slight” for this weekend, but with the ground fully saturated in Kerr County even small amounts of rainfall could cause flooding.
It is hard to look at the heartbreak of the disaster in Texas. In Colorado past flash floods have brought similar heartache and similar threats.
The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.
Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.