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.

Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are very localized, even neighborhood-level warnings may seem like false alarms to some residents, leading to what the journalist Zoë Schlanger has dubbed “ alert fatigue .”

One of the worst floods in a Texas rivers' history left dozens dead over the Independence Day weekend. What to know about flash flooding and warnings.

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

The NWS Fort Worth TX released an updated flash flood warning at 9:09 p.m. on Saturday in effect until Sunday at midnight. The warning is for Collin, Dallas and Denton counties.

The region of Texas that suffered tremendous loss last week because of heavy rain and flooding is once again in danger of taking in more water. On Sunday morning, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the epicenter of the catastrophic Independence Day flooding event.

Texas was hammered with heavy rain again Sunday, just nine days after catastrophic flash floods left more than 120 people dead in one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s

With an outpouring of volunteers from across the state, the riverside town of Hunt is grappling with loss and recovery.

On Friday (July 18), millions of Americans are under weather alerts as severe conditions sweep across the country. Seventeen million people are under flood alerts across the Gulf Coast and the mid-Atlantic,