Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

The event was held as search crews and volunteers continued to scour miles along the Guadalupe River for the people still missing.

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.

TEGNA Texas created a new charitable fund raising money to support people impacted by devastating floods in Central Texas.

Texas officials face questions over who monitored weather and warned of floodwaters heading toward camps and homes.

Officials have reported that 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic died in the devastating floods, with five campers and a counselor still missing.

As the floodwaters rushed into Kerrville, Texas, under the cover of darkness on Friday morning, officers jumped into action to evacuate over 100 homes and rescue more than 200 people in one hour, the police department said.

Search teams plodded through mud-laden riverbanks and flew aircraft over the flood-stricken landscape of central Texas for a fourth day on Monday, looking for dozens of people still missing from a disaster that has claimed at least 78 lives.