Texas, Flooding and Kerr County
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The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.
The death toll in the devastating July 4 flooding in Central Texas rose to 103 Friday, with 67 adults and 36 children confirmed dead, Kerr County officials said. At least 160 people were still missing as of Thursday as recovery efforts continued in the ...
FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.
President Donald Trump toured the devastation left by flash flooding in central Texas amid growing questions about how local officials responded to the crisis as well as questions about the federal response -- including the fate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- that he has so far avoided.
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania will visit Kerrville on Friday, one week after Central Texas floods killed over 100 people.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Friday toured areas devastated by flash flooding in central Texas that has killed more than 100, including at least 36 children, on the Fourth of July.
The president has defended his administration's response to the fatal flooding amid criticism that federal assistance could have been provided more quickly.
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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.