The flooding is very serious by American standards, but nothing like what the Indian sub-continent often has to endure.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/floods-kill-1000-india-nepal-bangladesh-170823053922993.html
I think recovery in Texas will require many weeks or months.
I haven't experienced a flood in my lifetime. It happens in other places. The temperature always remains hot.
@ Dan,
Neither have I. We are fortunate.
@ Tink, Texas needed the bath badly!
@ Hitman, well maybe Texas did, but not those poor folks that had their homes flooded by 6 feet or more of water.
Hurricane Harvey caused considerable damage and also fatalities:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/aug/28/ex-hurricane-harvey-houston-flooded-as-catastrophe-unfolds-in-texas-latest-updates
and the list of heavy natural disasters is a long one.
About storms and floods:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_floods
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_death_toll