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.

Michael Abner said he was awakened at 5 a.m. on the Fourth of July by the owner of an RV park in Kerrville, Texas, where he was staying as floodwater began reaching his RV.

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.

Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.

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.

Search teams persisted in sifting through debris in Texas Hill Country on Wednesday as hopes of finding more survivors dimmed five days after flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 110 people,