From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrow F. This is the Daily.

A little over a week after the flooding in central Texas, the death toll has reached more than

130, with the search continuing for the missing.

In the aftermath of the disaster, there have been mounting questions about how local officials handled the critical hours before and during the storm.

Today, we look at what we now know about the missed opportunities that may have contributed to the growing tragedy and whether anything more could have been done to save lives.

It's Tuesday, July 15th.

Now, we're going to show your radar here in just a second.

I do want to get you caught up on the flood watch in case you are just now joining us here.

On July 3rd, the National Weather Service and local meteorologists started tracking the possibility

of an evening storm, developing over the Texas Hill country.

We look out west. It doesn't look like much, these tiny little specks on radar.

But to me, that's really pretty telling. This is the potential seeds, if you will, for thunderstorms to fill in this evening.

The conditions looked ripe for the chance of overnight flooding. And then noticed a tendency to just sort of sit and train over the same area, if you will,

Bandera, Medina County, maybe Kirk County, right into tomorrow morning.

That is a signal of localized flash flooding in parts of our area.

But in a river corridor, long known as flash Flood Alley, the weather reports didn't

prompt people to change their plans.

Hundreds of campers were in session at Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' camp, and families

gathered along the Guadalupe River to celebrate the July 4th weekend.

Those days were beautiful.

Weather was nice, a little bit of rain, the sun.

You know how it is in Texas.

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