The event was held as search crews and volunteers continued to scour miles along the Guadalupe River for the people still missing.

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.

TEGNA Texas created a new charitable fund raising money to support people impacted by devastating floods in Central Texas.

Texas officials face questions over who monitored weather and warned of floodwaters heading toward camps and homes.

As the floodwaters rushed into Kerrville, Texas, under the cover of darkness on Friday morning, officers jumped into action to evacuate over 100 homes and rescue more than 200 people in one hour, the police department said.

Search teams plodded through mud-laden riverbanks and flew aircraft over the flood-stricken landscape of central Texas for a fourth day on Monday, looking for dozens of people still missing from a disaster that has claimed at least 78 lives.