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

Amid staggering loss, hundreds gathered in mourning and prayer at a Wednesday night vigil for the victims of the July Fourth floods.

Heavy equipment is tearing through massive debris piles in Kerr County as the search for the missing continues.

Residents of Kerrville, Texas, say the rapidly rising floodwaters on July 4th took them by surprise. While phone warnings were sent, many did not hear them. WOAI's Matt Roy reports.

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,

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

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.

Retired Fort Worth police officer Jamie Stanford said her faith and her Texas pride drove her to Kerrville this week.