At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, were absent from an emergency briefing call ahead of the flash flooding incident,

The Kerr County emergency management director conceded he was sick and asleep as the water rose to historic levels on the Guadalupe River, killing more than 100 people.