Heavy equipment is tearing through massive debris piles in Kerr County as the search for the missing continues.

Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system, including failing to secure roughly $1 million US for a project to better protect Kerr County’s 50,

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase

Authorities said the death toll in Kerr County, epicenter of the July Fourth Texas floods, now stands at 95, including 36 children. The big picture: Authorities are now concentrating on sorting through debris as they search for victims.

The flooding created financial peril for many small businesses owners. Now they are cleaning up and working to get back on their feet.

A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.

Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas on Wednesday evening to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the

Kerr County officials say they are still focused mainly on the search for survivors with hundreds still missing and weren't yet examining how the emergency response unfolded.