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Texas officials in Kerr County missed chances over the years to mitigate flood damage
Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system, ...
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Weather 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 ...
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.
A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps
The county’s largest city, Kerrville, declined to participate in a joint grant application that would have required a $50,000 ...
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Warnings Gave Officials 3 Hours and 21 Minutes to Save Lives in Kerr County. What Happened Then?
Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they ...
When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick now says state could do it.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.
'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 ...