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Local Texas officials criticized for missing emergency planning briefing as grieving residents call for improved alert system
All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, ...
Search for answers after Texas’ deadly floods brings lawmakers to devastated Hill Country
Texas lawmakers searched for answers during a hearing on the deadly July 4 floods that overwhelmed Kerr County in a matter of ...
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Kerr County officials failed to follow certain aspects of disaster plan during Texas floods
The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible ...
A rural Texas county was missing some of its key leadership in the initial hours of flood crisis
Texas lawmakers began questioning local Kerr County officials over their preparedness and response to the deadly July 4 ...
Texas flood survivors decry lack of aid, ‘toxic pit’ conditions in special session
Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, ...
After Central Texas floods, Austin urges FEMA to restore grant for stalled levee project
Austin officials are calling on FEMA to reinstate $50 million in flood resilience funding pulled by the Trump administration ...
‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help
Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.
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FEMA announces billion-dollar funding to boost state disaster readiness and security; here’s how it works
States will be empowered and responsible for managing disaster response and protecting their communities,” said Senior ...
Experts say Texas is ignoring root cause of deadly July floods: unregulated development
Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts ...