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Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood
Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash ...
Texas county hard-hit by floods had contract, meeting set for warning system
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.
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.
At least 160 still missing after catastrophic Texas flooding, officials say
More than 170 people are missing and the confirmed death toll has climbed to nearly 120 after flash floods devastated parts ...
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 ...
Federal leaders spar on NWS flood warning response, pose safety review after Texas disaster
In the aftermath of deadly Hill Country flooding, Texas’ junior U.S. Senator is defending the National Weather Service, as ...
Large number of people missing in Texas floods clouds the full toll of the catastrophe
The flash flood was the deadliest from inland flooding in the U.S. since Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon flood on July 31, ...
Texas flood: Kickoff meeting for Kerr County warning system project had been planned
As ABC News first reported, during a meeting on April 17 of this year, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority's Board of Directors unanimously voted to select a company known as Kisters "as the firm to ...
Texas flood warning system faces scrutiny as search efforts for missing children persists
Search and rescue efforts continued overnight in Texas for the dozens of people still missing from the devastating flash ...