Texas police described some of the rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the state's Hill Country.

Over 100 bodies have been recovered, but the large number of missing suggested that the full extent of the catastrophe was still unclear five days after the disaster.

Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump Administration, that kind of funding is drying up.

Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Trump has talked about "getting rid of."

Houston pediatrician Dr Christina B Propst who was fired after she made a Facebook post suggesting that Texas flood victims deserved what they got as .

"Pod Save America" hosts blasted left-wing critics for politicizing the Texas flooding disaster that killed over 100 people, calling on them to remember, "We're all Americans."

After the catastrophic flash flooding in central Texas on July 4, 2025, users online claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was ultimately to blame for the flood's 100 deaths due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service.

Critics worry about conflicts of interest, as cuts and privatisation may benefit private weather firms linked to Trump appointees.

The deadly Texas floods are drawing renewed scrutiny to Trump administration cuts at the nation’s weather and climate research agencies. A flash flood Friday unleashed water from the