As hope dims for finding survivors, questions are swirling around whether the emergency plan Camp Mystic laid out was adequate. Texas does not approve or keep copies of such plans; camps are only required to show they have a plan in place.

Noem said the rapid delivery of funds to Texas resembled the “state block grants” model Trump has promoted. It’s an idea that would replace FEMA’s current system of reimbursing states for response and recovery expenses at a cost-share of at least 75%.

President Trump said he would visit Texas on July 11 as the state reels after more than 100 people have been confirmed dead in devastating flooding.

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

The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people still missing.