A county sheriff in 2016 recalled how he pulled “kids out of trees” in summer camps as leaders debated a siren system for years.

At least 41 people are missing statewide as of late Sunday afternoon, officials said.President Trump has signed a disaster declaration for Kerr County and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there,

At least 51 people, including 15 children, were killed, with most of the deaths coming in Kerr County in the state’s Hill Country.