The editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper compared the response effort to the debacle that followed Hurricane Katrina.

State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.

A small church in Ingram, Texas, became the heart of emergency response efforts on July 4, when catastrophic flooding devastated Kerr County.

The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to phones in the area, a spokesman for camp’s operators said Wednesday.

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By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

Noem and others have faced criticism for their response to the tragedy in which more than a hundred are dead or missing.

The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes slowed the agency's deployment.

The homeland security secretary said a report that thousands of calls to a disaster hotline went unanswered because of staffing cuts was “false.”

The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for cuts to FEMA, praised the agency during his recent visit to Texas, but did not comment on his plans for its future.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defended FEMA's response to Texas flooding, calling Democrat criticism politically motivated as the agency deployed over 700 workers within hours.

A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.