President Donald Trump travels to Texas on Friday amid growing questions about how local officials responded to the devastating floods, as well as questions about the federal response -- including FEMA's fate -- that he has so far avoided.

Over just two hours, the Guadalupe River at Comfort, Texas, rose from hip-height to three stories tall, sending water weighing as much as the Empire State building downstream roughly every minute it remained at its crest. The force of floodwater is often more powerful and surprising than people imagine.

The state was hit with heavy rain last week, creating rapid floods that swept the Texas Hill Country by July 4, overflowing the Guadalupe River into Kerr County and other nearby areas. Camp Mystic, a Christian girls summer camp,