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CNN on MSN · 18m

Hearing on deadly Texas floods reveals local officials missed emergency planning briefing

All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, were absent from an emergency briefing call ahead of the flash flooding incident,

People on MSN · 6h

Texas Emergency Official Speaks Out amid Questions About His Whereabouts as Deadly Floods Hit

William B. Thomas IV, the Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator, made his first public comments about the flooding disaster during a joint hearing held by the Texas Senate and House’s select committees on disaster preparedness and flooding on Thursday, July 31.

The New York Times · 8h

County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

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After Central Texas floods, Austin urges FEMA to restore grant for stalled levee project

Austin officials are calling on FEMA to reinstate $50 million in flood resilience funding pulled by the Trump administration ...

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Head of FEMA Search and Rescue resigns over agency's response to Texas floods: Sources

The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, has resigned due to frustration over the agency's response to ...

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Amid criticism, acting FEMA chief touts Texas flood response as model for nation

U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday pressed David Richardson, acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about his ...

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Texas flood survivors decry lack of aid, ‘toxic pit’ conditions in special session

Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, ...

6 Things to Know: Texas redistricting map released, Disaster preparedness hearing in Kerrville

Good morning, Coastal Bend! Here's a look at the 6 things you need to know before you walk out the door this Thursday morning.

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Water supply emergency declared in Texas city

The City of Kerrville, Texas, activated its water conservation plan starting at midnight on Tuesday after the region ...

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Experts say Texas is ignoring root cause of deadly July floods: unregulated development

Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts ...

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