At least 119 people have been found dead in nearly a week since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps in the early morning hours of July 4. Ninety-five of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least three dozen children.

FEMA officials say Noem took days to sign off on the deployment of resources to assist with the search and recovery efforts.

The grim task of searching for the scores of people missing from the devastating flood that struck Texas Hill Country nearly a week ago is taking an agonizing toll on searchers.

Various actors make celebrity-centered posts like these, which are common after a disaster, said Cliff Lampe, University of Michigan professor of information. These go viral because fans of celebrities want them to be seen doing good things, "which by extension means they are good people, too," he said.

The July 4 flash flooding has claimed the lives of at least 110 people, a toll that has steadily risen as search and rescue teams and volunteers comb through debris.

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed more than 100 people, incl