President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter Friday, suggesting she is "evil," after she asked a question about whether the warning alert system for the devastating floods worked as well as it could have.

Warnings predicted both Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.

People awoke from water rushing around them during the early morning hours of July 4, all along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. Residents were seemingly caught off guard, but warnings had been issued days and hours before floodwaters began carrying away homes,

Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

Texas special session called to address flood warning failures and emergency response after Hill Country flooding caused more than 100 deaths.

When deadly floods swept through Texas, the National Weather Service issued a series of warnings that should have automatically triggered alerts to be sent to cellphones as the Guadalupe River began to rise.

Following this weekend's devastating Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, and left at least two dozen still missing, outdoor warning sirens are now getting renewed attention.

Texas officials are being questioned about warning systems ahead of the deadly floods. As NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports, Kerr County doesn't have a county-wide siren warning system in place.