Texas officials face questions over who monitored weather and warned of floodwaters heading toward camps and homes.

State Rep. Wes Virdell, whose district includes Kerr County, voted against House Bill 13 earlier this year. The bill would have funded a statewide rural alert system. But after spending the weekend assisting in disaster zones caused by the floods, the state rep voiced a change of heart, per the Texas Tribune .

Anchor Blake Holland is in Kerrville to share the stories of people there, and tells us about the devastation he is seeing in person.

The legendary Lone Star singer-songwriter's two daughters attended Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counselors died and nearly a dozen are still missing.

Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.

Nearly a week after floodwaters swept away more than a hundred lives, Texas officials are facing heated questions over how much was – or was not – done in the early morning hours of Friday as a wall of water raced down the Guadalupe River.

AND TONIGHT, WDSU REPORTER ELIZABETH KUEBEL HEARS FROM AN UPTOWN RESIDENT BORN AND RAISED IN KERRVILLE, NOW HAVING TO WATCH HIS HOMETOWN HURTING. ELIZABETH. YES. AND GINA, WE ALL FEEL THAT HEARTBREAK,

KERRVILLE, Texas — Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday, as well the many still missing.