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.

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

Authorities confirmed Wednesday that 120 people have died in the central Texas floods. Follow for live updates.

TEGNA Texas created a new charitable fund raising money to support people impacted by devastating floods in Central Texas.

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,

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.

The governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods.

Sunday is a day of prayer across Texas. But as many filed into churches, first responders and volunteers filed into Kerr County, holding out up in their search and rescue efforts.