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Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNWest Texas juvenile probation officer killed in Kerr County floods, TJJD saysThe Texas Department of Juvenile Justice said a West Texas juvenile probation officer was among the victims of deadly Kerr County flooding that happened over the July 4 weekend.
The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.
A memorial service was held in Kerr County, Texas on Friday to honor the victims and those still missing from flooding that recently struck the region.
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
Officials in Kerr County, where the majority of the deaths from the July 4 flash floods occurred, have yet to detail what actions they took in the early hours of the disaster.
President Donald Trump travels to Texas on Friday amid growing questions about how local officials responded to the devastating floods, as well as questions about the federal response -- including FEMA's fate -- that he has so far avoided.
Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.