Authorities have confirmed at least 120 deaths across six counties, including those of 60 adults and 36 children in Kerr County.

Dick Eastland, the 70-year-old owner and director of the Christian girls’ summer camp in Texas that was ravaged by deadly flash floods, had spent decades warning about a potential disaster.

By the time I watched the video, I’d seen the images of upturned bunk beds, muddied stuffed animals, tiny T-shirts snagged on branches.