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“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areas
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
Drier conditions expected for Kerr County, as search effort continues for flood victims
Nearly a week after heavy rain and catastrophic flooding hit the Texas Hill Country, the region is expected to start drying ...
Camp Mystic flood victim Hadley Hanna, 8, remembered for ‘joyful spirit’
Hadley Hanna, an 8-year-old student at Highland Park ISD, was among the victims of the catastrophic flooding that struck Camp ...
Camp Mystic disaster plan approved 2 days before Central Texas flood killed dozens
Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency plan just two days before the devastating flood killed more than two ...
Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood
In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions ...
Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 campers and counselors at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic ...
Hard-hit Texas county had no flood warning sirens despite years of discussions
State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending ...
Amid grief in flood-ravaged Kerr County, high-profile Texans and celebrities share sorrow
As the death toll from catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country comes into clearer view, Texas politicians, the Dallas ...