President Donald Trump toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents quickly enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way.

Over 120 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

New reporting reveals multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN that FEMA did not deploy them until days after any victim had been found alive.

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

Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.

At least 24 people were dead and many missing after torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas.

Donald Trump has suggested that people were given “a lot of warning” ahead of the devastating floods in the Texas Hill Country on July 4.“The way this happened, there was a very early warning – warned a day before,

President Donald Trump has avoided talk of scrapping the federal disaster response agency after the catastrophic flash flood in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including children at an all-girls camp.

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.