Texas officials face questions over who monitored weather and warned of floodwaters heading toward camps and homes.

The survival of people in local camps and low-lying areas depended not on official evacuations but on whether they were paying attention, on their own, to weather alerts in the middle of the night.

One longtime emergency first responder speaks with our 25 News reporter about what emergency calls are like and the toll they can take on families.

State Rep. Wes Virdell, whose district includes Kerr County, voted against House Bill 13 earlier this year. The bill would have funded a statewide rural alert system. But after spending the weekend assisting in disaster zones caused by the floods, the state rep voiced a change of heart, per the Texas Tribune .

Many Texans are still searching for loved ones and answers following the catastrophic flooding event over the weekend. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr. joins Katy Tur to share how his community will “come up with a plan” to prevent this kind of event from happening again.

Robert Earl Keen has a personal connection to Kerrville, TX, the site of massive flooding on July 4 that authorities say resulted in the deaths of 111 people, with nearly 170 still unaccounted for at press time.

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

He tied a garden hose around his waist and waded into chest-deep water. What happened next during the Texas floods is being called heroic.