Catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country has killed at least 82 people, including 27 children and counselors from a storied all-girls summer camp called Camp Mystic, while search and rescue efforts continue for dozens who are still missing.

More than 12 inches of rain — approximately four months' worth for the area — came down in mere hours on July 4, according to meteorologists, rapidly pushing rolling water past the banks of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries.

Here's what to know about the devastating natural disaster.

Sounding the alarm

Questions are swirling over why federal, state and local officials did not see the floods coming sooner and evacuate people from the most vulnerable areas.

Harris County meteorologist Jeff Lindner told Fox 26 Houston on Sunday that the warning signs were there, but he noted that a disastrous........

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