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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 saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.
Texas officials give few answers to growing questions about response to deadly floods
Kerr County officials say they are still focused mainly on the search for survivors with hundreds still missing and weren't ...
Texas flood recovery efforts face tough conditions as local officials face hard questions
Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered the hard-hit central ...
Hope of finding Texas flood survivors dims as search efforts go on
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas dimmed Tuesday, a day after the death ...
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.
The Perils of the Texas-Flood Blame Game
Congressional Democrats are demanding an inquiry into whether NWS staffing shortages have affected the death toll, and ...
The ‘hub' of a tiny Kerr County town feeds locals from a demolished storefront
The Hunt Store was badly damaged by the Texas floods, but the owner vows to rebuild the landmark where Kinky Friedman and ...
Some former Texas county officials thought informal phone calls, not sirens, would be sufficient in a flood
Texas county commissioners previously suggested "river calling," an informal phone chain used by summer camps, would be ...
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Kerr County residents say emergency alert messages sporadic, inconsistent in wake of floods
Residents say Kerr County’s use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions ...