Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,

Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.

The death toll in the central Texas flooding is up to 119 people, 95 of them in Kerr County, including 36 children.

The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.

As flood water rose rapidly on the Guadalupe River in Texas early on July 4, there was no outdoor siren or warning alarm to alert people to the danger.Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, a top local government official,

A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.

Hill Country residents and volunteers on Tuesday continued picking up the pieces that the deadly waterway left behind days earlier.

In other words, we keep playing a game of chance with forces indifferent to us—until we are finally reminded of the cost of losing.