How to help Texas flood victims as death toll reaches more than 80, including dozens of children

In the early-morning hours of July 4, while most people were still in their beds ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, residents of Kerr County, Texas, began fleeing for their lives. 

The county is located approximately 60 miles northwest of San Antonio and 90 miles west of Austin.

At around 4 a.m. local time, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued an urgent warning of a flood watch that posed a severe threat to human life. Less than 90 minutes later, the Associated Press reports...