The deadly Texas floods have brought the state's approach to land approvals, especially in flood-prone areas, under more scrutiny.

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase

In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.

It’s like pitching a tent in the highway,” UC Berkeley flood risk management specialist Anna Serra-Llobet said of where Camp Mystic cabins were camped out along the Guadalupe River. That spooky simile echoestoday in Kerr County,

New data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic, where over two dozen died in the Texas flood. And, U.S. measles cases hit the highest level in over three decades.

Now, days later, four young campers and one beloved counselor are still missing. Search and rescue teams have not stopped. At least 150 people are known to be missing in Kerr County as a result of the flooding in Central Texas,