The threat of flash flooding on Sunday afternoon was focused over parts of the Midwest, where flood watches have been posted from Missouri to West Virginia, including the cities of Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to sweep across the Midwest region over the next 24 hours.

On Friday, 17 million people are under flood alerts across the Gulf Coast and in the mid-Atlantic, and 19 million are under heat alerts across the mid-Atlantic, southern Florida and Mississippi Valley.

The Met Office still has flood warnings in place for areas of the West Midlands and Black Country on Monday morning (July 21).

Many have decried Kerr County's lack of sirens on the Guadalupe River. Officials in counties that have the systems say they are well worth the money.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The National Weather Service says minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas is to be expected. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen.

The Met Office has issued a rare 'danger to life' warning for three parts of the UK as it told locals to prepare for the risk of possible flash flooding

This is thanks to a slow moving, stubborn frontal system which will bring rounds of heavy rain and storms. Spotty downpours are possible Sunday morning as a cold front stalls out overhead. Most of those will just bring heavy rain or a strike of lightning or two.

Two massive disasters this year are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.