Flash floods across Texas claimed at least 70 lives in one of the state’s deadliest disasters. Find out more about the unprecedented weather.

Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours of Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes.

The flooding that killed dozens and left others missing Friday in Texas Hill Country was unexpected and terrifying.

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

Conspiracy theories tried to “explain” the flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal and other earlier storms. The more outlandish they are, the more they seem to catch on.

HOUSTON — The Texas Hill Country is still reeling after deadly flooding left behind a trail of destruction and heartbreak. Lives were lost and forever changed by a single storm. Scientists are now warning this disaster was made worse by climate change and are sounding the alarm about what it means for the future of Texas.

Cody Canada performs on April 10 with Cross Canadian Ragweed during "The Boys from Oklahoma" concert at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. Along with Ragweed, the Oklahoma natives and longtime Texas residents Ray Wylie Hubbard and Jason Boland are on the lineup for "Robert Earl Keen and Friends: Applause For The Cause" in August.