As communities across Central Texas reel from the deadly floods that devastated Kerrville and surrounding Hill Country towns, Fox 29 Chief Meteoro

Kerr County repeatedly 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.

Emergency managers in the Northland on Tuesday met with the National Weather Service to strengthen their working relationships in the wake of the Kerrville, Texas, disaster​.

More than 160 people are still missing in the county, officials said in a Thursday update, and hopes of finding any survivors have diminished with each passing day. County authorities say they haven't made a "live rescue" since the day of the flood.

In Kerr County, the hardest-hit region, officials said the number of missing remained unchanged, at 161, since Tuesday. The floods have killed at least 121 people statewide.

Six days after flash floods swept through parts of Texas Hill Country and killed at least 120, authorities say there are still more than 160 people unaccounted for.

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.

The special session agenda includes 18 legislative priorities, with several directly addressing the recent disaster.