Many questions remain about how storms caught off guard an area prone to flooding and led to the second deadliest flood in Texas history. Here’s what we know. Flooding death toll increases to 132;

The Guadalupe River flooded early on Friday, July 4, as heavy rains prompted evacuations in the area. Emergency responders are frantically searching for several residents, and children from nearby summer camps are missing.

In response to the catastrophic flooding across central Texas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, a native Texan, continues to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s activation of comprehensive disaster response and recovery resources.