The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly floodwaters.

Recent Texas floods claimed lives, highlighting flood dangers in America. Kerr County faced heavy rain, causing river surges.

ON A SUMMER DAY in central London, a 44-year-old woman named Lucy Peel descended a slippery stairway on the bank of the River Thames to crouch on her hands and knees over a particularly intriguing ...