Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

Isolated flash flooding is possible in southeast Texas until Saturday, July 19, according to Zapata County Emergency Management . Then the focus shifts to West Texas through early next week.

Officials are keeping a wary eye on river levels as some crews resume the search for people still missing after catastrophic flooding pummeled Texas this month.

Flood warnings were in effect in several areas, including ones that were devastated by the July 4 floods. By the afternoon, the rain had eased up in some parts, and some rescuers resumed their work.

Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier jumped in to amplify the misinformation - citing a newly passed Florida law banning loosely defined "weather modification" practices that climatologists say have nothing to do with increasingly severe weather events.

A few thunderstorms are possible on Monday, but much drier conditions are expected soon as the weather pattern shifts.

Texas leaders’ dreams of unlimited development and a rush of artificial intelligence data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme weather, as this month’s flash floods hammer a landscape plagued by long-term drought.

Just stepping outside can make you sweat in the summer heat, but Central Texas has not yet had a 100-degree weather day this year.