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.

Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s house along the Guadalupe River. Nothing in the forecast alarmed him. Hours later,

Kerr County Commissioners spoke about the importance of an improved flood warning system and funding opportunities to implement such a system. These conversations addressed both the risk of flooding in the Guadalupe Basin and the inadequacy of the existing warning infrastructure.

Nine-year-old Janie Hunt, a relative of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, was one of the Camp Mystic campers who died due to flooding in Texas over the weekend. Clark's wife, Tavia Hunt, posted to social media revealing that the family had lost Janie Hunt due to the Texas flooding.

Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt and his family are grieving the loss of a young family member who died in the Texas floods. Janie Hunt, 9, was at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, when tragedy struck over the weekend.