Texas officials provided search and rescue updates Friday on a flash flood that has killed at least 24 people and left some 25 others missing, blaming National Weather Service forecasts for not predicting “the amount of rain that we saw” after facing federal budget and staffing cuts,

Dozens of people are dead in Central Texas in what officials called a "mass casualty event" after devastating flash floods slammed Hill Country, with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River.

Authorities said at least 24 people have died in flooding around Kerr County, Texas, and officials are still performing water rescues.