The early warnings and alerts from the National Weather Service didn’t indicate a catastrophic flood was on its way.

As heavy rains led to heartbreaking losses at a Texas girls camp, other parts of the state were swamped over the July 4 weekend.

A week after catastrophic floods in Central Texas, key questions remain unanswered about how state and local officials prepared for and responded to the disaster.

Also: San Antonio mourned the victims in a Travis Park vigil; UTSA said one of its teachers died in the Guadalupe River flood; Kerrville officials said a privately owned drone collided with a helicopter conducting search and rescue operations.

Meteorologists say the Texas Hill Country is frequently hit with floods, although some officials and residents were caught off guard by the catastrophic storms, which killed more than 100 people over the holiday weekend.

At least 129 people, including three dozen children, died in the torrential downpour. Many remain missing in the hardest-hit county.

At least 150 people are known to be missing in Kerr County as a result of the flooding in central Texas, according to officials. At least a dozen others are missing in other parts of the state.

Amid the tragedy of recent flash floods in central Texas, conspiracy theories about "cloud seeding" practices have gained traction on social media, fueled by prominent U.S. political figures.

Family members confirmed the deaths of Mike and Charlene Harber just days after their granddaughters, Blair and Blake Harber, were found dead following the Fourth of July floods in Kerrville.