Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth holiday floods remain unanswered.

Over 100 bodies have been recovered, but the large number of missing suggested that the full extent of the catastrophe was still unclear five days after the disaster.

When Christian Fell saw floodwater beginning to fill his home in Hunt, Texas, last Friday, it was already too late. The Texan was one of hundreds forced to evacuate his home as flash floods swept through south central Texas,

Seven adults, two babies, and two dogs managed to escape rising waters in their Hunt, Texas, home by punching a hole through their home’s loft. Eighty-three-year-old Penny Deupree and her family show CNN’s Pamela Brown how they survived the devastating floods.