The catastrophic Central Texas floods have claimed at least 121 lives and left 173 missing, as a report reveals that Kerr County officials were repeatedly denied state funding for an emergency flood warning system.

At least 120 people have been found dead since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps in the early morning hours of July 4. Ninety-six of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least 36 children.

With hundreds confirmed dead or still missing, questions remain about the local response to flood warnings. Meanwhile, lawmakers will weigh measures to mitigate future disasters.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.

Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100.

The president has defended his administration's response to the fatal flooding amid criticism that federal assistance could've been provided more quickly.

A seventh Camp Mystic girl from Dallas has died in the devastating Central Texas flood, family members confirmed on Wednesday. Virginia Wynne Naylor, 8, was at Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp with cabins along the river in a rural part of Kerr County,

Jack O’Rourke, the head of Americares response team, discusses his organization’s mission to provide “access to essential care” for people displaced by the floods in Texas.