Over 12,000 volunteers have already assisted in Kerr County, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

The catastrophic Central Texas floods have claimed at least 121 lives and left 173 missing, as a report reveals that Kerr County officials were repeatedly denied state funding for an emergency flood warning system.

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.

In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions about preparations and warnings in advance of the storm that struck July Fourth.

The Texas Department of Juvenile Justice said a West Texas juvenile probation officer was among the victims of deadly Kerr County flooding that happened over the July 4 weekend.

The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.

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 in Kerr County, Texas.

Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River rose rapidly.