According to a new report Secretary Noem did not sign off on deploying FEMA’s urban search and rescue team to Texas until this Monday—more than three days after the floods struck. In the meantime, she was on Instagram crowd sourcing opinions about her official portrait.

Volunteers combing through debris piles from the devastating Central Texas flooding had to sniff out decaying bodies in the “chaotic” initial days of the search-and-rescue efforts.

(WTVY) - An Alabama team is being deployed to Texas to help with search and rescue following devastating floods, Governor Kay Ivey announced Thursday. The 40-person team includes Alabama Task Force 1 out of Mobile, Tuscaloosa Fire, and Saraland Fire.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WSFA) - Alabama is sending a search and rescue team to Texas to help following the recent devastating flooding.

The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic flooding — because of an $800,000 dispute with the state government.

While there is not much that can be done at night because it's so dark, there are some people who are continuing the very slow, methodical process of untangling huge debris, where most of the remaining missing victims are believed to be.

STORY: Since the devastating July Fourth (July 4) floods in Central Texas, countless lives have been disrupted, including those of many pets -- now displaced.Animal welfare groups have stepped in - and relocated hundreds of shelter animals to create space for pets awaiting reunification with their families.

FEMA officials said search and rescue efforts in the Texas floods were slowed by budget rules imposed by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.