Texas floods test FEMA’s future amid Trump reforms 

The search continues in Texas this morning, where more than 170 people remain unaccounted for

nearly a week after devastating flooding ripped through the state's hill country. The death toll has risen to at least 120. These numbers are absolutely heartbreaking

In Kerr County, the hardest hit region, 95 people are confirmed dead, including 36 children

161 others are still unaccounted for, including five campers and a counselor from Camp Mystic

The camp sits along the Guadalupe River, which surged more than 20 feet in just over an hour during Friday's torrential rains, a record-breaking rise

Now questions are growing about the area's warning systems. With every emergency, you know what, we're going to have to, there's going to be an after action

Please, y'all, listen to those words. After action, okay. Those questions are going to be answered

I believe those questions need to be answered to the family of the misled ones, to the public, you know, to the people that put me in this office

And I want that answer and we're going to get that answer. And I know that's going to be asked over and over

Please understand that. You know, we don't have we're not running. We're not going to hide from everything

That's going to be checked into at a later time. I wish I could tell you that time

I don't know that time. ABC News reports the local river authority signed a contract for a flood warning system just last month

But the first meeting was not set until mid-July. FEMA officials tell CNN their response was slowed by a new rule from Homeland Security Secretary

Kristi Noem, requiring her personal sign-off on all contracts and grants over $100,000

The agency says that delayed urban search and rescue teams from being deployed in time

with Noem's approval coming more than 72 hours after the flooding began