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.

The death toll in Kerr County, Texas climbed above 100 Friday night as recovery operations continued in the county on a day when President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump toured the damage left behind by July 4 flash flooding.

The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.

President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.

As the search for victims continues, county officials say "additional resources" are being deployed as the "mission efforts become more technical."

A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.

Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed because they needed special authorization.

A stretch of chain-link fence along the Guadalupe River in the Texas town of Kerrville has become a focal point for the community's grief.

"The first lady and I are here in Texas to express the love and support and the anguish of our entire nation in the aftermath of this really horrific and deadly flood," Trump said as he spoke at a roundtable event with first responders and local officials.