Flash floods are occurring across the U.S., from Texas to New Jersey. Here's what you should know as risks escalate.

Several historic and deadly flash flooding events have occurred in the U.S. just within the month of July alone. Experts talk about what factors are increasing the risks.

For grieving communities, the kinds of public memorials familiar from history — stone cenotaphs, bronze monuments and statues — feel inadequate to the demands of the present. Implacable and stolid, they can seem more about their own physical grandeur than the lives they honor.

Ground search operations were disrupted Sunday in Kerr County, Texas, where many lives were lost in the catastrophic July 4 flooding.

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 large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.

The National Weather Service urged people to avoid travel if a flash flood warning was in place for their area.

Heartache is widespread in the aftermath of violent flash flooding throughout the Texas hill country over the July 4 weekend. It reaches Tennessee, where the loved ones of Claire "Reese" Manchaca mourn her death.