Over just two hours, the Guadalupe River at Comfort, Texas, rose from hip-height to three stories tall, sending water weighing as much as the Empire State building downstream roughly every minute it remained at its crest. The force of floodwater is often more powerful and surprising than people imagine.

A review of radio traffic done by CBS News and a local resident who helped install the local emergency alert system showed it took nearly hour after firefighters requested an activation of the system

President Donald Trump is visiting Texas on Friday to assess catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 120 people.

Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday,

Ex-FEMA officials say it’s unclear how the response differs from FEMA’s typical role in disasters, which is to support states through coordination and funding.