Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel exteme downpours like those that struck Texas during the July 4 weekend.

Researchers agree that climate change has made torrential downpours more frequent—but the science gets murky when examining how strong the link is between an extreme event and climate change.

At least 119 are dead and over 170 people are still missing after the catastrophic flooding in Texas. NBC News’ Jay Gray and The Kerry County Lead Editor and Publisher Louis Amestoy share the latest updates from Kerrville,

Then, colliding with another soggy system sliding north off the Pacific, the storm wobbled and its clouds tipped, waterboarding south central Texas with an extraordinary 20 inches of rain. In the predawn blackness,

The Gulf, which borders Texas, has become significantly warmer in recent years due to climate change, Swain explained. This results in a very warm body of water that produces a lot of evaporation, releasing more tropical moisture into the air than seen historically.

Bill Nye knows that if Congress stopped denying the existence of climate change, disasters like the Texas Flash Flood could be prevented.

Republican governors don’t seem to realize that their actions—or lack thereof—have devastating consequences.

Democrats have blamed climate change for the Texas floods around Camp Mystic, but Heritage experts poke holes in this narrative.