Over 130 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.

The groups also want lawmakers to examine land-use practices and consider ways to protect natural resources, which they say will in turn help protect lives.

Texas was hammered with heavy rain again Sunday, just nine days after catastrophic flash floods left more than 120 people dead in one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s

Earlier Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) for San Antonio warned that a "dangerous situation is occurring" in areas of Texas.

With an outpouring of volunteers from across the state, the riverside town of Hunt is grappling with loss and recovery.

On Friday (July 18), millions of Americans are under weather alerts as severe conditions sweep across the country. Seventeen million people are under flood alerts across the Gulf Coast and the mid-Atlantic,

Lawmakers should be holding public hearings now, demanding testimony from local officials, emergency managers and state agencies about what went wrong and how to fix it.