Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.

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.

The president also confirmed that he plans to visit Texas to tour the devastation on Friday with First Lady Melania Trump.

The grim undertaking has prompted questions about how first responders and rescue teams are able to mentally reckon with the work ahead.

Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis depicted a supporter of President Donald Trump drowning under the severe flash floods that took place in Texas.

Democrat Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett posted a lengthy video of herself to social media on Monday where she made the

Members of the UTSA community will take part in memorials honoring the two students and a professor who also died in the disaster.