Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.

Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years — in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others — have showed that preparing for flash flooding is a new necessity as the planet warms.

A flash flood is a rapid rise of water along a stream or in a low-lying urban area, the National Weather Service said. Flash flooding can result from slow-moving thunderstorms, from numerous thunderstorms that develop repeatedly over the same area, or from heavy rains associated with tropical cyclones.

Flash floods in Texas have killed at least 107 people over the Fourth of July weekend, with more than 160 still missing.

Areas badly damaged by July 4th flooding in Texas Hill Country are on alert for a new flash flooding threat through the weekend.

Recent flash flooding in Texas​, New Mexico​ and North Carolina​ is highlighting the extreme danger of these natural disasters and the need to be prepared.

As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.

Lake Havasu City authorities said the fire killed clinic owner Walter Foxcroft, 43. Hyperbaric therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a high pressure chamber.