India, Aug. 5 -- A month has passed since the tragic floods in central Texas took the lives of over 130 people and caused an estimated $18 billion worth of damage, all within just a couple of days.

One of the deadliest inland flood disasters in recent history, the floods affected Kerr and Hill Counties primarily, but Lake Travis, Mason, San Angelo counties and other points along the Colorado River were also affected.

One month on, these Central Texas counties are still mourning the tragedy and the trauma that came along with the disaster. Here, we look back at the key events that, within just three days, shaped up as one of the US's severest disasters, even overtaking the 1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado.

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