Kerr County, Texas, lacked a “last mile” warning mechanism that could have saved residents before the deadly floods devastated the area, including a children’s summer camp, killing more than 80 people.

A former official from Kerr County Texas, said that the community was not in favour of putting up outdoor emergency sirens in 2017 and that the federal grant for them failed to be approved due to a lack of funding.

Camp Mystic says it’s grieving 27 campers and counselors. At least two dozen people were reported missing across the region Monday, though it is not clear how many people in total are still unaccounted for.