In the early morning of July 4, floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country. In less than an hour, the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet, taking and altering the lives of countless Americans with every inch it climbed.

Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years — in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others — have showed that preparing for flash flooding is a new necessity as the planet warms.

A longstanding point of debate has been the proximity of the youth camps to the Guadalupe River, especially when it is prone to flash floods.

Scott Ruskan, a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer, is being hailed as an ‘American Hero’ after he saved as many as 165 children from catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas. The 26-year-old New Jersey native,

As Central Texas reels from flash floods that killed over 100 people this weekend, questions are sharpening about whether officials could have done more to avert the tragedy – both in the decades leading up to the disaster,

Scott Ruskan, a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard, is being hailed as a hero for his response to the devastating flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. He is credited with saving 165 lives and opened up about the experience on the July 7 episode of 'Good Morning America.

Scott Ruskan, a Rider University graduate and Coast Guard rescue swimmer, is credited with rescuing 165 people, mostly kids from Camp Mystic, during the devastating Texas flooding.