This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?

For grieving communities, the kinds of public memorials familiar from history — stone cenotaphs, bronze monuments and statues — feel inadequate to the demands of the present. Implacable and stolid, they can seem more about their own physical grandeur than the lives they honor.

Flash floods are occurring across the U.S., from Texas to New Jersey. Here's what you should know as risks escalate.

Torrential rain and thunderstorms are expected to threaten much of the eastern and central United States with flash flooding throughout the rest of this week, forecasters warned, as parts of the country,

Ground search operations were disrupted Sunday in Kerr County, Texas, where many lives were lost in the catastrophic July 4 flooding.

In the early morning hours of July 4, torrential rains triggered flash flooding in central Texas. At least 130 people were killed, including dozens of children who were at summer camps along the Guadalupe River.

Residents south of the San Saba River in west-central Texas have been ordered to evacuate because of surging waters.

After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.

Heartache is widespread in the aftermath of violent flash flooding throughout the Texas hill country over the July 4 weekend. It reaches Tennessee, where the loved ones of Claire "Reese" Manchaca mourn her death.