Growing up near the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, could sometimes feel like living near a volcano. I was born two blocks away from the gorgeous river that flows from the Hill Country to the Gulf of Mexico, just one year before the devastating and deadly 1987 flash flood, often described around town as the “big one.”

Video released on Sunday (July 6) shows rescue teams navigating raging floodwaters in Marble Falls, Texas. The El Paso Fire Department said in Facebook post that members of its water rescue team "brought two victims clinging to a tree in dangerous floodwaters to safety.

The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.