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A retired nurse, her son and a family friend say they were lucky to survive last week's flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including many summer campers.

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.

Several rivers across North Carolina remain flooded on Thursday, including one river that was measured at 45 feet, amid torrential rains that have battered the East Coast for days. The flooding threat across the region could persist into the weekend as slow-moving thunderstorms continue to dump rain on the region,

A "Wall of Hope" appeared on Wednesday in downtown Kerrville, providing a space for people to pray, cry, or honor the victims.

The NWS Raleigh NC released a flood advisory at 6:50 p.m. on Thursday in effect until 8:45 p.m. The advisory is for Chatham, Durham, Johnston and Wake counties.

People living in flood-prone areas along parts of the East Coast were told to be ready to act if flooding intensifies.

Flash flooding has been in the spotlight in the last week, with several record breaking flood events occurring nearly back-to-back across the country. CNN’s Tyler Ory explains why they’re becoming more intense .