Over 130 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

Two massive disasters this year are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

Texas was hammered with heavy rain again Sunday, just nine days after catastrophic flash floods left more than 120 people dead in one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s

Searches were suspended and a new flash flood warning was issued in Kerrville and Kerr County, Texas, on July 13 in the wake of the flooding that struck the area last week on July 4. The warning was downgraded to a flood watch hours later.

At least 135 people, including 37 children, died in the torrential downpour over the July 4 holiday weekend. The number of missing people dropped sharply on Saturday.

With an outpouring of volunteers from across the state, the riverside town of Hunt is grappling with loss and recovery.

New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than 100 people.

Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic consequences. In Texas and elsewhere, the solution is more wide-ranging than fixing any single channel of communication.