Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system, including failing to secure roughly $1 million US for a project to better protect Kerr County’s 50,

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.

As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials said.

The number of confirmed deaths from the Texas Hill Country floods rose to 95 in Kerr County on Wednesday, Sheriff Larry Leitha said.

"I hope that everyone knows, prayers work and God is still out there," Kerrville resident Donna Ragsdale said.

John David Trolinger, a former Kerry County, Texas, IT director and registered pilot, was part of the team that installed Code-Red at the county level more than a decade ago. It sends recorded messages and texts to warn people about life threatening emergencies,

As families and search crews sift through debris, mangled trees and toppled vehicles in Kerr County after the catastrophic Fourth of July flooding, authorities are facing growing questions about whether enough warnings were issued.

Kerr County workers affected by July 4 flooding can now apply for disaster unemployment assistance through the Texas Workforce Commission.

As the search and recovery continues in Kerry County, the issue of emergency sirens have become a focus both locally and across teas.

As of 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, 95 people have been confirmed killed in Kerr County, Kerr County Sheriff Larry L. Leitha said during a morning news conference. The 95 individuals

Amid the Lone Star State's historic floods, the Trump administration is retreating from disaster preparedness.