In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.

Nearly a week after floodwaters swept away more than a hundred lives, Texas officials are facing heated questions over how much was – or was not – done in the early morning hours of Friday as a wall of water raced down the Guadalupe River.

By Jane Ross and Maria Alejandra Cardona KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.

The special session agenda includes 18 legislative priorities, with several directly addressing the recent disaster.

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a high school football stadium Wednesday night in Kerrville, Texas, to remember the more than 120 people who died in the floods as well as those still missing.

The Naz Church in Grove City and Discovery Church in Gahanna will serve as collection centers for donations that will be collected through July 11.

More than 100 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.

As rescue efforts entered a fifth day, country music star Pat Green revealed his own devastating personal experience.