State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending flash flooding.

At least 27 campers and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic during the devastating Texas floods. Some are still missing.

In the early hours of July 4, the only sound many of the vacationers along the banks of the Guadalupe River would have heard was pounding rain and thunder. They didn’t get any official warning of the rapidly rising waters that ultimately proved deadly to dozens of people swept away in central Texas flash floods.