Bill Nye "The Science Guy" said Wednesday that fossil fuel companies and the U.S. Congress neglecting the climate crisis is a big reason the flooding in central Texas was so destructive.

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood killed more than 100 people over the weekend.

More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.

The death toll in the central Texas flooding is up to 119 people, 95 of them in Kerr County, including 36 children.

Camp Mystic confirmed it had a plan for natural disasters during an inspection on Wednesday, July 2. Two days later, ...