The region of Texas where flash flooding killed more than 90 people -- including dozens of campers -- is known for its tendency to experience flood emergencies.

The Museum of North Texas History is launching a new lunch and learn speaker series, A Bite of History, featuring local, regional and national historians presenting history while enjoying great food.

HUNT, Texas (AP) — Crews used backhoes and their bare hands Wednesday to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to state’s Hill Country.

Phoenix Fire's Arizona Task Force 1 aids in Texas flood rescue, as the historic floods prompted a large search operation.

Camp Mystic has deep roots with Texas politicians, including former first lady Laura Bush, who worked as a counselor there, and former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who sent his daughters there.

According to local authorities, at least 109 people died on July 4 and 5, most of which were swept up in floodwaters from campgrounds along the Guadalupe River. That’s just shy of the 118 deaths reported as a result of Hurricane Rita in 2005.

The floods that devastated Texas’ Hill Country over the weekend is likely to result in hefty human and economic tolls.