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.

Days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth weekend, search-and-rescue teams are using heavy equipment to untangle and peel away layers of trees, unearth large rocks

“When they issue a watch or warning, it triggers this algorithm and that’s what’s sent out to people’s cellphones,” Smith County Emergency Management Coordinator Brandon Moore said. “It’s a simple Google search, Smith County Rave, or Smith County Emergency Alerts, and they can sign up for it through Smart911.”

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.

Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the state's Hill Country.

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase

Three hours and 21 minutes. That’s how much time passed from when the National Weather Service sent out its first flash flood warning for part of Kerr County to when the first flooding reports came in from low-lying water crossings.

The Indiana Task Force 1 was deployed on July 8 to assist in search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas.