While the search continues for survivors of the Texas flood, a clearer picture has emerged of how it turned catastrophic, and how quickly it escalated in the early hours of July 4.

Rescuers searched the Guadalupe River for survivors of the Texas flash floods that killed more than 100 people over the July Fourth holiday weekend, with an unknown number of people still missing. The basin area was crowded with families and campers preparing to enjoy the holiday when pounding rain brought about catastrophic flash floods just before dawn Friday.

More than an entire summer’s worth of rain fell in some spots in central Texas in just a few hours early on the Fourth of July, quickly overwhelming dry soils and creating significant flash flooding. Central Texas is currently home to some of the worst drought in the United States and bone-dry soils flood very quickly.

Young attendees and staff at summer camps are among the victims of flash floods in Texas - along with teachers, a football coach, and a "hero" father who smashed open a window to free his family amid rising water.

A beloved director of a Texas summer camp for girls. An Alabama elementary student away from home. These are a few of the dozens of victims lost in devastating flooding in Texas. The flooding in central Texas originated from the fast-moving waters on the Guadalupe River on Friday,