Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.

The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.

Two days before flash floods on the Guadalupe River in Texas killed dozens of campers at a Christian girls summer camp, a state inspector approved operations, noting there was a written plan for responding to natural disasters.

Texas officials refused to answer many serious questions about how prepared they were for the deadly flooding that struck the area on July 4th.

Without a modern flood warning system, emergency officials monitor four sensors along the Guadalupe River – including one that was knocked out in the

President Trump said he would visit Texas on July 11 as the state reels after more than 100 people have been confirmed dead in devastating flooding.