At services in the stricken Hill Country and elsewhere, ministers spoke Sunday morning about sorrow and solace, community and hope, as more rain beat down.

A stretch of chain-link fence along the Guadalupe River in the Texas town of Kerrville has become a focal point for the community's grief

This page is a summary of news on Texas floods for Friday, July 11. For the latest news on the Texas flooding, read USA TODAY's coverage for Saturday, July 12. President Donald Trump on Friday said he’d never seen destruction from a disaster as bad as what he saw in Texas after he surveyed the damage of catastrophic flooding that tore across the state's Hill Country and as authorities and volunteers continued to search for the missing.

The Texas community is paying tribute to the lives lost from the devastating flash flooding. It comes as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited Kerrville, Texas on Friday to survey the damage and met with grieving families.

President Donald Trump signed a disaster declaration for the county and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground there. Search and rescue operations are ongoing. After touring the flood zone,