Disaster Recovery Efforts - The immediate focus should be on recovery efforts and supporting grieving families affected by the flooding in Texas [2][3][6] - There will be time later to evaluate what could have been done to prevent the tragedy [3][4][6] - Emergency management is a tiered system, with federal assistance available if local and state resources are insufficient [16] Weather Monitoring and Warning Systems - A bill was filed to address rural weather monitoring systems to better predict storms [4] - Discussions are ongoing about improving warning systems after monitoring systems are in place [5] - The bill focuses on monitoring low-level weather systems, particularly in rural areas where radar coverage is limited [9][10] - The recent flooding highlights the challenges of monitoring and warning about storms in rural America [10] State Legislative Action - The Texas state legislature will likely discuss how to prevent similar events in the future [14] - The state legislature may consider an emergency flood warning system [15] - Texas is believed to have sufficient financial resources to address the issues related to the flooding [17][18]

Search continues this morning in Texas as officials say more than 170 people now are still missing in last week's deadly flooding. Teams fanning out by air, water, land, even on horseback in the aftermath of a disaster that has killed at least 120 people across six counties. Five campers and one counselor remain missing from Camp Mystic, where more heartbreaking stories of loss are coming to light with each passing day.like eight-year-old camper Mary Kate Jacobe, her family says, quote, "She entered the gat ...