Relentless rain pouring over an already saturated central Texas. The region already devastated, hit with another round of dangerous flash floods over the weekend. Yeah, we're not going nowhere. We're stuck.Prompting dozens of emergency high water rescues like this one in Lancasters County. This river reaching over 33 feet in just a few hours. Thankfully, no more deaths reported despite the powerful currents.The rain still expected to continue into the evening, keeping the entire Hill Country on edge. The re ...

Disaster Overview - At least 129 people are confirmed dead across six counties in central Texas due to severe flooding, with 166 still missing [1] - The flooding is described as the deadliest in more than a century for the affected area [1] FEMA & Government Response - Questions are raised regarding the future of FEMA and the administration's response to the flooding [2] - FEMA did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line after the floods [3] - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary requires personal approval for all FEMA spending over $100,000 [4][10] - FEMA's deployment of urban search and rescue teams was delayed by more than 72 hours after the flooding began [4] - Kirk County officials did not utilize FEMA's integrated public alert and warning system to send warnings to mobile phones [5] Funding & Resource Allocation - The state of Texas has a $20 billion surplus, but Republicans have refused to allocate funds to rural Texas for emergency management [16] - A bill for emergency management was killed by the lieutenant governor, indicating a lack of state investment in rural Texas [9] - The Texas Department of Emergency Management deemed the affected county ineligible for specific FEMA grants [15] Early Warning Systems - The most serious alerts from the National Weather Service came too late [7] - Requests for flood early warning systems and federal funding have been rejected by the Texas legislature since 2016 [13] - The community has been asking for water gauges for some time, but they have not been provided [16] Flood Map Issues - FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from the 100-year flood map before expansion [18] - Areas designated as special flood hazard areas have a 1% chance of inundation in any given year [19]

And good evening. We come on the air tonight from Texas's Hill Country. Just below us is the Guadalupe River and you can see the destruction it carved out in parts of central Texas.Down there is where the river stands tonight. And we wanted to show you how high it rose, more than 30 feet, even higher from where we are broadcasting live tonight, wiping out everything in its way. And today we were with rescuers digging into mangled cars caked in mud along river banks.Crews setting out on airboats and diving i ...