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

Before and after satellite images from Texas show the effects of the devastating flooding that occurred along the Guadalupe River on July 4.

When Christian Fell saw floodwater beginning to fill his home in Hunt, Texas, last Friday, it was already too late. The Texan was one of hundreds forced to evacuate his home as flash floods swept through south central Texas,

Seven adults, two babies, and two dogs managed to escape rising waters in their Hunt, Texas, home by punching a hole through their home’s loft. Eighty-three-year-old Penny Deupree and her family show CNN’s Pamela Brown how they survived the devastating floods.