At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed emergency alerts, saying that an "after-action" would follow the search and rescue efforts. "Those questions are gonna be answered," he added.

John David Trolinger, former information technology director for Kerr County, helped install the area's CodeRED emergency alert system. He shared with Jason Allen what he heard on the emergency radio transmissions as the Guadalupe River was quickly rising.

Heavy equipment is tearing through massive debris piles in Kerr County as the search for the missing continues.

State officials said rescue efforts in Central Texas following devastating flooding continue, emphasizing the state's continued commitment to recovery.

All campers from the all-boys Camp La Junta survived and are safe, officials from the Kerr County camp said. "We are profoundly grateful that every boy at Camp La Junta is safe, yet our hearts are heavy,

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.