Volunteers combing through debris piles from the devastating Central Texas flooding had to sniff out decaying bodies in the “chaotic” initial days of the search-and-rescue efforts.

NASA’s high-altitude WB-57 aircraft took off from Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston on Tuesday, and will conduct aerial surveys using its DyNAMITE (Day/Night Airborne Motion Imager for Terrestrial Environments) sensor.

Mexican firefighters trained in search and rescue have joined the efforts to find the victims of the tragic flooding in the battered Texas Hill Country.

Miller County Office of Emergency Management Director Travis Loehr was at a command center on the Guadalupe River Tuesday when he received a grim text message from a volunteer.

KERRVILLE, Texas - Major damage is being reported along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville after deadly flooding struck the area on the Fourth of July.RELATED: FL