Kerr County, Texas, lacked a “last mile” warning mechanism that could have saved residents before the deadly floods devastated the area, including a children’s summer camp, killing more than 80 people.

A former official from Kerr County Texas, said that the community was not in favour of putting up outdoor emergency sirens in 2017 and that the federal grant for them failed to be approved due to a lack of funding.

Floodwaters are finally receding in Kerr County and Williamson County, Texas, revealing a landscape dramatically altered by days of relentless storms. Uprooted trees, eroded trailers and debris-strewn riverbanks now tell the story of just how powerful — and fast — this flooding took over.