Her parents and brother will lovingly direct donations toward causes that reflect her joyful spirit and passions and bless others.”

Betty Matteson’s four children, nine grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren have squeezed into her Texas Hill Country home countless times since 1968.

This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,