Texas lawmakers and the lieutenant governor pressed local officials to explain their handling of the catastrophic July 4 weekend floods that killed more than 160 people — including 37 children — across the state’s Hill Country,

At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

ABC News obtained more than 100 audio recordings associated with flooding in Kendall County, Texas on July 4, 2025.