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More than 170 people are still believed to be missing a week after the forceful floodwater hit over the July Fourth weekend.
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Texas special session called to address flood warning failures and emergency response after Hill Country flooding caused more than 100 deaths.
Emergency officials are starting to focus on alert systems as they search for answers about how the flash flooding swept away so many.
Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began to swell.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is asking for answers from federal agencies over the warning systems and subsequent federal response following devastating flooding in Central Texas over the July 4th weekend.
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending flash flooding.
When deadly floods swept through Texas, the National Weather Service issued a series of warnings that should have automatically triggered alerts to be sent to cellphones as the Guadalupe River began to rise.
Texas officials are being questioned about warning systems ahead of the deadly floods. As NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports, Kerr County doesn't have a county-wide siren warning system in place.