In the early hours of July 4, the only sound many of the vacationers along the banks of the Guadalupe River would have heard was pounding rain and thunder. They didn’t get any official warning of the rapidly rising waters that ultimately proved deadly to dozens of people swept away in central Texas flash floods.

At least 119 people have been confirmed dead across six counties, and more than 170 are still missing after flash flooding spurred on by massive rainfall, according to Nexstar affiliate KXAN. As of Wednesday morning,