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Texas flood: Kickoff meeting for Kerr County warning system project had been planned for mid-July
A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with ...
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This Texas County Sought Disaster Resilience Help for Years. Now It’s Too Late.
Amid the Lone Star State's historic floods, the Trump administration is retreating from disaster preparedness.
Kerr County flooding deaths rise to 95, including 36 children, sheriff says
The number of confirmed deaths from the Texas Hill Country floods rose to 95 in Kerr County on Wednesday, Sheriff Larry ...
Questions remain about officials' actions during early pivotal hours of deadly Texas flood
Nearly a week after floodwaters swept away more than 100 lives, Texas officials are facing heated questions over how much was ...
A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps
Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended ...
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Texas flash flood is a preview of chaos to come
Then, colliding with another soggy system sliding north off the Pacific, the storm wobbled and its clouds tipped, waterboarding south central Texas with an extraordinary 20 inches of rain. In the ...
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96 people, including 36 children, dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials say
As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County ...
As Texas Flood Raged, Camp Mystic Was Left to Fend for Itself
Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding ...
Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.