Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the flash flooding that killed at least 135 people.

While search efforts continue for the few missing in the Texas Hill Country, state officials met to evaluate the response to the deadly July 4 flood.

Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority are expected to testify.

Models predicted a few inches of rain instead of the torrential onslaught that devastated Central Texas earlier this month, he said.

Texas lawmakers made it clear Wednesday that they won't “armchair quarterback” or seek accountability as they review the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people, even as local officials face growing scrutiny over why more warnings weren’t sent to residents in harm’s way along the Guadalupe River.

Gov. Greg Abbott calls special legislative session for flood emergency planning. The deadly flooding over the Fourth of July weekend killed at least 136 peop