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.

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.

Kerr County and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority have tried several times to get funding to upgrade flood alerts on the river, dating back to 2016.

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

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

Kerr County, Texas and national search and rescue operations will continue Monday around the Guadalupe River, where families wait for news of their loved ones.

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