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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.
'We are very flood prone': Local Texas officials spent years discussing potential warning system
Flooding has been at the top of Texans’ minds this week, but this is not the first time that the need for flood-related measures has come up among local officials.
'Could we have done more? Perhaps so' | Former Kerr County official recalls emergency siren debate
KERR COUNTY, Texas — Kerr County leaders debated the issue of installing emergency sirens along the Guadalupe River nearly a ...
Kerr County lacked ‘last mile’ warning to get NWS alerts to residents before Texas flash floods
Kerr County, Texas, lacked a “last mile” warning mechanism that could have saved residents before the deadly floods ...
Sicko scammers target family of missing Texas flood kids — demanding money to return them: ‘Absolutely heartbreaking’
Victims’ families are being reached out to, saying that, ‘They have their kids, pay me money.’ It’s heartbreaking,” Kerrville ...
Texas flood survivor shares harrowing story of how he and his family narrowly escaped
Many are still missing in Kerr County, Texas after flash flooding killed at least 70 people. Residents are bracing for more ...
Texas flood deaths pass 100 as search-and-rescue efforts continue
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said Sunday that more than three dozen people were still missing across multiple counties hit by the disaster.
Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 kids killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 children at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had ...