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,

Search teams persisted in sifting through debris in Texas Hill Country on Wednesday as hopes of finding more survivors dimmed five days after flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 110 people,

Officials are being pressed about their response and whether there could have been a better warning system.

Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

Kerr County officials stressed that their priority is search and rescue operations and avoided answering questions on the emergency warning system.

Items from inside a cabin sit on the ground at Camp Mystic, in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County. At least 95 people have died in Kerr County, Texas, according to officials, after devastating flash floods swept through south central Texas on Friday,