Kerr County and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority have tried several times to get funding to upgrade flood alerts on the river, dating back to 2016.

After floods left more than 80 dead in Texas, questions are emerging about how to provide better warnings in a region known as “flash flood alley.”

Six counties reported deaths from multiple severe flood events since Friday, July 4. Also, Kerrville officials reported that a privately owned drone collided with a helicopter conducting search and rescue operations.

Survivors have described the floods along the Guadalupe River as a “pitch black wall of death” and said they received no emergency warnings.

Follow along for developments on the July Fourth floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas.