Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began to swell.

More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.

This year's flash floods were confined to the northeastern part of the state. They were far less catastrophic than those of the previous two years.

For Drew Hays, eight-year-old Lucy Dillon was top of mind when she and her friends organized a fundraising event for the victims of catastrophic flooding on July 4. The Hill Country flood took the lives of at least 109 people,

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said July 8 that state officials were working to confirm the total number of fatalities.

Catastrophic floods often bring with them loss of power, cuts to key emergency communications and sudden hazardous situations that leave victims with only minutes or seconds to seek higher ground and stay safe.

Texas. North Carolina. Illinois. New Mexico. Flash flooding has surged into the spotlight in the last week with record-breaking flood events occurring nearly back-to-back across the country. Here’s why they happened now and why floods are becoming more intense.

The threat of flash flooding returned to North Carolina on Thursday, only days after Tropical Depression Chantal dumped heavy rain across the central part of the state, flooding homes and highways and leading to dozens of rescues.