Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions about preparations and warnings in advance of the storm that struck July Fourth.

Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have prevented loss of life on July 4?

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county couldn't get grants for sirens.