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Portraits of the victims and why the flood was so much worse than anyone expected — these are the top stories about the July 4 flood.

At least 87 people are dead after heavy rain led to devastating flooding in Texas. Kerr County was hit the hardest, with at least 75 deaths, including 27 children. President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there.

Also: San Antonio mourned the victims in a Travis Park vigil; UTSA said one of its teachers died in the Guadalupe River flood; Kerrville officials said a privately owned drone collided with a helicopter conducting search and rescue operations.

In the week since the Guadalupe River rose, dozens of donation methods have been set up to support the people of Kerr County. In Dallas, a group of kids

Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.

Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them

The landscape created the conditions for what some witnesses described as a fast-moving wall of water. Over just two hours, the