Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,

Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue.

Over 110 dead and 173 still missing as Camp Mystic’s disaster plan ‘approved days before flood’ - At least 161 people remain missing in Kerr County alone, which has seen no rescues since Friday