Emotional testimony from those who survived the Fourth of July floods from victims of the Kerr County floods. Just yesterday, they appeared in front of lawmakers in a 13-hour long hearing telling their stories,

Local officials emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.

Dozens of Kerr County residents testified at a public hearing on Thursday about the July 4 flash floods that killed more than 130 people in Texas.