Dangerous amounts of rain caused flash flooding in parts of Texas, destroying homes and cars on Independence Day. Here's a timeline of the disaster: Flash flooding is occurring and with a continued threat through the time period.

Austin-Travis County EMS has responded to about two dozen water rescues as a flooding emergency is unfolding in western Travis County on Saturday

C hloe Childress, a counselor at Camp Mystic, was killed during the devastating flooding in Hunt, Texas, over the holiday weekend, according to a representative of her high school. She graduated from The Kinkaid School earlier this year and was set to attend the University of Texas at Austin in the fall.

Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother, as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home, were simply, “I love you.”