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.

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,

Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

Four days after flash floods in central Texas killed more than 100 people, Kerr County officials took questions from reporters about when they knew the floods would pose a deadly threat, and did not to commit to a timeline of their official response.

Sgt. Jonathan Lamb of the Kerrville Police Department in Texas shared an update Wednesday on rescue and recovery efforts after flash floods.

The devastating floods that struck central Texas on July 4 have claimed at least 119 lives, with around 170 people still missing. The disaster has been severe in Kerr County, where at least 27 children lost their lives at nearby Camp Mystic.