"We are grieving alongside countless Texans whose lives have been upended by this tragedy," he wrote in a statement on Instagram.

Texas-based Country singer Pat Green is grieving the loss of his brother, his brother's wife and two of their children swept away in the Texas Hill Country floods.

Congressional Democrats are demanding an inquiry into whether NWS staffing shortages have affected the death toll, and President Donald Trump took a swipe at Joe Biden for setting up “that water situation,

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

As the deadly floodwaters in parts of central Texas recede, there are growing questions about how the catastrophic rainfall seemingly caught the area by surprise. Some local officials say the National Weather Service underestimated the extreme rain but the agency says an initial flood watch was issued Thursday afternoon.