Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.

The president met with state and local officials, who praised the White House response, and lashed out at a question on whether aid and rescue efforts occurred fast enough.

As a climate scientist who calls Texas home, I can tell you that the Hill Country of Texas is no stranger to flooding. Meteorologists often refer to it as “Flash Flood Alley” because of its steep terrain,

The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour aviators.

The survival of people in local camps and low-lying areas depended not on official evacuations but on whether they were paying attention, on their own, to weather alerts in the middle of the night.