"There has been a lot of misinformation flying around lately, so let me clarify: the Texas Department of Agriculture has absolutely no connection to cloud seeding or any form of weather modification," Miller said in a statement.

In the early hours of Independence Day, rain pelted sleeping communities in central Texas. No one knew yet how devastating the storm would become.

Texas leads the country in flood deaths. Steep hills, shallow soils and a fault zone have made Hill Country, also called "flash flood alley," one of the state's most dangerous regions.

Flooding is the deadliest natural disaster facing Oklahomans, a threat far greater than tornadoes. In the United States, flooding kills an average of 103 people a year. Tornadoes, however, caused 48 deaths on average during the same period, according to the National Weather Service.

Meteorologists point out that hurricanes and flood-making storms possess extraordinary amounts of energy that humans can't reproduce or control.

"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.

"It's sadly common for people to abandon puppies near public areas where they hope someone might find them," the rescue told Newsweek.

CNN’s Brian Todd breaks down the warnings from the National Weather Service ahead of the deadly and catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country.

Climate change was likely a factor in the flood that devastated the Texas Hill Country.