For the first time since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in Kerr County, Texas, the county emergency management director conceded that he was sick and asleep as the water rose to historic levels on the Guadalupe River.

William Thomas, Kerr County’s top emergency coordinator, is speaking out for the first time since the deadly flooding through Texas last month and defending his handling of the emergency. In testimony before state lawmakers,

August will continue where July left off in terms of flash flooding, as many inches of rain are forecast to pour down, especially from northern Florida and southeastern Alabama to southern Georgia and the Carolinas.

Multiple rounds of torrential rainfall over the first days of August could lead to flash flooding across the Southeast.

Another days-long stretch of soggy weather is plaguing the Southeast, raising fears of flash flooding and washing out another precious summer weekend along its popular beaches.