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.

Understanding the combination of meteorological, geomorphological and hydrological factors that led to the Texas flood could help prevent future disasters.

Over 130 people are dead from the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 106 deaths, including 36 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.