The downpours that swept away a children's summer camp and wreaked deadly havoc on huge areas of Texas caught holidaymakers by surprise. As the death toll passes 90 people, questions are being raised about whether adequate flood warnings were provided and why people weren't evacuated ahead of the deluge.

Officials are being pressed about their response and whether there could have been a better warning system.

More than 100 bodies have been recovered, but another 160+ people are still missing after the flash floods days ago.

T ime-lapse footage and images shared online show rivers rising rapidly in Texas amid heavy flooding that has resulted in the deaths of more than 80 people. The devastating floods that struck central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend have become one of the deadliest flood events in the U.