Among the dead are 28 children, and the small community of Kerr County — home to the Christian summer retreat Camp Mystic — has been especially hard hit.

Authorities say 68 bodies were found there alone.

One camp counselor and 10 girls are still unaccounted for at Camp Mystic, where rising waters from the Guadalupe River tore through dormitories without warning.

As families grieve and search efforts intensify, some officials say the tragedy may have been made worse by earlier cost-cutting decisions under the Trump administration.

Budget reductions reportedly gutted the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA