Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.

Over 12,000 volunteers have already assisted in Kerr County, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

A flood watch is in effect into July 15 for more than a dozen counties as saturated ground gets drenched again.

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.

Recent storms have slowed recovery efforts in central Texas following the July 4 floods that killed more than 130 people. About 14,000 volunteers are searching for at least 100 people still missing.

Abbott listed that rescues took place in San Saba and Schleicher County, and evacuations occurred in Lampasas, Menard, Kimble and Sutton counties. A total of 131 are dead and roughly 101 remain missing-97 of which are from the Greater Kerrville area-following continued search and rescue efforts more than one week after the devastating Hill Country floods.