At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed emergency alerts, saying that an "after-action" would follow the search and rescue efforts. "Those questions are gonna be answered," he added.

Dispatch audio has surfaced from the critical hours before a deadly flood hit its height in Kerr County, helping piece together the timeframe local officials have yet to provide amid public

First responders and volunteers continue to search for missing loved ones after the devastating Hill Country floods.

Crews are using construction equipment to clear vehicles, trees and homes in a race to locate more than 170 people still missing since Friday’s devastating flood.

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.

John David Trolinger was in his home’s radio room listening intently early Friday morning as the first water rescues took place on a rising Guadalupe River.

At a press briefing on Wednesday, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha was asked about a code red.

SAN ANTONIO — Five days after the waters of the Guadalupe River rose and overwhelmed much of Kerr Country on July Fourth, search and recovery efforts continue as the community picks up the pieces of one of the state's worst natural disasters in years.

The BriefSearch efforts continue in the Texas Hill Country.First responders and volunteers are sifting through extensive debris along the Guadalupe River.Four recoveries have been made, but many are 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.