A Kerr County business owner is sharing her firsthand account of the deadly flooding that's devastated parts of Central Texas. Her RV park is in shambles, but her restaurant is set to reopen to the public.

Kerr County officials have for years talked about the need for a more robust flash-flood warning system, including sirens that would reach people in places with no cell service. But in the absence of that expensive infrastructure, they adopted IPAWS — which cost them nothing — as a way to alert more people by phone.