From jewelry to a heart-shaped summer camp sign, these are some of the objects found in the wake of this month's devastating floods.

Texas flood at Camp Mystic prompts summer camps to enhance weather monitoring and communication tools as more camps seek accreditation for improved safety standards.

New analysis highlights where the most residential structures were located during the deadly Texas flash flooding.

Even as the number of missing people in the Central Texas flash floods drops to as few as three, recovery efforts in the Hill Country are expected to take months. Texas Motor Speedway raised $25,000 through a recent drive-in charity event to support affected families.

“If you’ve never seen water rise in front of you in minutes, it’s hard to conceive of how quickly that can happen—and how quickly your life and property can be at risk,” said Rachel Hogan Carr, executive director of the Nurture Nature Center, a nonprofit focused on flood-risk communication.

Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic consequences. In Texas and elsewhere, the solution is more wide-ranging than fixing any single channel of communication.

Julia Hatfield, a songwriter who survived the July 4 floods by fleeing her RV park, says more help is needed in Kerrville.

The groups also want lawmakers to examine land-use practices and consider ways to protect natural resources, which they say will in turn help protect lives.