Over 12,000 volunteers have already assisted in Kerr County, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.

As the search for victims continues, county officials say "additional resources" are being deployed as the "mission efforts become more technical."

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.

The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.

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.

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