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Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?
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 ...
Kerr County considered adding warning sirens years before flood. Why didn’t it happen?
Officials balked at the cost for installing a siren warning system and the potential for sirens to blare in the middle of the ...
Trump slams reporter over Texas flood: ‘Only an evil person would ask a question like that’
The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.
Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July Fourth flood
More than 170 people are still believed to be missing a week after the forceful floodwater hit over the July Fourth weekend.
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 ...
Trump Visited Flood Sites in Texas
President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, traveled today to Central Texas to visit sites along the Guadalupe River ...
Catastrophic Flooding In Texas — Were There Warnings?
Deadly flooding in the flash flood alley of Texas is raising questions about warnings. Here's a preliminary (but not ...
Flooding in Texas brings Colorado's worst recent flood to mind, has emergency manager considering lessons to be learned
It is hard to look at the heartbreak of the disaster in Texas. In Colorado past flash floods have brought similar heartache ...