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Before Tragedy, Texas Repeatedly Rejected Pleas for Flood Alarm Funding
Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...
Sheriff hints at ‘after action’ review, as records reveal warning of ‘worst-case flood event’
Local officials in Kerr County continue facing public scrutiny after days of seeming to deflect questions about their ...
'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 ...
How the catastrophic Texas flooding unfolded, in maps and charts
The search for missing bodies is ongoing along Texas’ Guadalupe River after catastrophic and deadly flooding killed more than ...
Texas floods latest: Trump meets rescuers and families of victims killed in Camp Mystic flooding disaster
President’s visit comes amid reports that Kerr County officials were repeatedly denied state funding for an emergency flood warning system ...
Officials say nothing could have prepared them for the Guadalupe River to rise so fast. Meteorologists disagree.
Hundreds of children at summer campsites along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County were at risk early Friday when a ...
What early warnings did flood-hit Texas receive?
At a news conference on Sunday, Governor Greg Abbott said people in Texas were used to flash flood warnings, but there was no ...
Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
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