Emotional testimony from those who survived the Fourth of July floods from victims of the Kerr County floods. Just yesterday, they appeared in front of lawmakers in a 13-hour long hearing telling their stories,

Local officials emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.

The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.