A husband-and-wife team of archaeologists in Texas has successfully excavated a 1,700-year-old tomb containing "priceless" treasures after over four decades of research.
Evacuation messages reached many residents only after floodwaters rose, while an automated early warning system was never installed in Kerr County, Texas.
Seeing the Guadalupe River rising rapidly after midnight, Mo-Ranch summer camp management made the immediate decision to evacuate 70 people just before the flash flood hit.
Heavy rainfall, steep terrain, and a slow-reacting warning system contributed to the deadly overnight flash floods in Texas, which killed more than 80 people.