An expert highlights a "point of failure" in Kerr County's emergency alerts during the flood. HOUSTON — Disaster and risk communications scholar Jeannette Sutton created The Warn Room to help first responder agencies improve emergency warnings and alerts one message at a time.

Today, during a press conference in Kerr County, officials confirmed 96 deaths with 60 of the deaths being adults and 36 children. A total of 161 people remain

As the search and recovery continues in Kerry County, the issue of emergency sirens have become a focus both locally and across teas.

Gary and DeeAnn Knetsch were camping directly next to the Guadalupe River with their son, Jake Moeller, his wife, Megan and their five-year-old daughter, Harley. Gary, DeeAnn, Jake and Megan all lost their lives. Harley is still among the missing. Both families lived in Canyon Lake but have ties to the Houston and Mont Belvieu areas.

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

Mary Kate Jacobe was at Camp Mystic in Kerr County when raging floodwaters roared through the camp on July 4.

The request of a CodeRED was met with a dispatcher informing the first responder, “10-4 stand by, we have to get that approved with our supervisor, please be advised we do have the Texas Water Rescue en route.

The way Central Texans rushed to each other's aid over the Fourth of July weekend conjured memories of Hurricane Harvey for Donnie Mosher, a Houston man who had traveled to Kerr County to look for a home.