The effects of The Dust Bowl in the early 1930s led to a wave of record-setting heat waves across the eastern half of the country in July of 1936.

Kendra Wright was a camp instructor during the 1987 Guadalupe River Flood. She shares her story, including what it felt like watching the devastation of this past weekend's flooding.

While not every storm will turn severe, a few could be accompanied by damaging wind gusts, Marando said. The entire region is ...