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.

The early warnings and alerts from the National Weather Service didn’t indicate a catastrophic flood was on its way.

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.

Kerrville Dalton Rice claimed that authorities were nervous to “call wolf” when posed with the question of ordering evacuations

Flood risks are intensifying as Texas experiences more extreme rainfall. State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon and colleagues at Texas A&M University found that extreme one-day precipitation has increased by 5% to 15% in Texas since the late 20th century, and another 10% increase is expected by 2036.

Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.

With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas on Monday even as crews search urgently for the missing following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people, including children at summer camps. Officials said the death toll was sure to rise.

"People need to know today will be a hard day," said Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr. at a news conference on Saturday.

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.