The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly floodwaters.

Recent Texas floods claimed lives, highlighting flood dangers in America. Kerr County faced heavy rain, causing river surges. The US has seen many floods. Hurricane Helene in 2024 caused many deaths.

Jim Vondruska, AFP The deluge in Texas last week ranks as one of the deadliest and costliest flash floods in US history, highlighting the mounting threat to communities that aren’t prepared for extreme rainfall.

A look at some of the worst floods in US history, from Hurricane Katrina to dam disasters The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly ...

The catastrophic flooding that swept through central Texas on the Fourth of July has the grim distinction of being one of the deadliest events for US children in the past 100 years.

The record of frequent, often deadly floods in Central Texas goes back more than 200 years to July 1819, when floodwaters spilled into the major plazas of San Antonio. That city on the edge of the Hill Country was hit by major floods again in 1913, 1921, 1998 and 2025, to cite a few examples.

Here is a look at devastating floods in recent history. ... At such a critical moment in US history, ... Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest flood event in the U.S. in the past 25 years.