“If you’ve never seen water rise in front of you in minutes, it’s hard to conceive of how quickly that can happen—and how quickly your life and property can be at risk,” said Rachel Hogan Carr, executive director of the Nurture Nature Center, a nonprofit focused on flood-risk communication.

A First Warn Weather Day and Extreme Heat Warnings remain in place through Thursday. Flash flooding is possible in some areas.

Addressing the recent Hill Country floods has already drawn more than a dozen proposals from state lawmakers, who began a special session of the the

The owner of Camp Mystic has been accused of failing to evacuate campers until an hour after the first official alert warning of oncoming catastrophic Texas floods.

River gauges, sirens and clear alerts can together help emergency managers anticipate flash floods and communicate life-saving information.

On Monday at 3:37 p.m. the National Weather Service released a flash flood warning in effect until 7:45 p.m. for Carbon and Monroe counties.

The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming.

On Saturday at 7:27 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a flood warning in effect until 9 p.m. for Limestone and Madison counties.

On Sunday at 10:03 p.m. a flash flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until Monday at 1:15 a.m. for Lycoming and Sullivan counties.

Accurate weather warnings are useless if they don’t reach residents in time. Take these steps to avoid mistakes that may have contributed to the tragedy in Texas.