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Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system, including failing to secure roughly $1 million US for a project to better protect Kerr County’s 50,
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A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.
As flood water rose rapidly on the Guadalupe River in Texas early on July 4, there was no outdoor siren or warning alarm to alert people to the danger.Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, a top local government official,
A Mobile couple visiting their son and his family in Texas are among those still missing. Their daughter-in-law's body was found on Tuesday
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Texas flooding update from Kerr County July 10, 10 a.m.Kerr County officials gave an update following the devastating and deadly flooding over the July 4th weekend in Central Texas.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNWeather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
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A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public safety, according to a page on a city website.