More than 130 people are dead after devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that began early on the Fourth of July.

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

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.

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.

More than a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.

This has played out on social platforms as well, prompting some liberal commentators to speak out against the dehumanization of Texas communities. Political trolling online is nothing new, but its spillover into blaming victims and survivors of disaster is a dangerous new low.

At least 120 people have been found dead since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps in the early morning hours of July 4. Ninety-six of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least 36 children.

More flood gauges, better warning systems, a high-tech flood warning system — and other measures that Rice University’s severe storms center recommends.