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Hearing on deadly Texas floods reveals local officials missed emergency planning briefing
All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people were ...
Kerr County, Texas, lead emergency management official says he was asleep during deadly flooding
William "Dub" Thomas, the Kerr County Emergency Management Director since 2015, detailed his whereabouts during the crisis.
County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit
At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when ...
Emergency Official Explains His Absence as Texas Floods Hit
The Kerr County official testified at a hearing held by state lawmakers in the city of Kerrville. Hundreds of residents ...
Texas Emergency Official Speaks Out amid Questions About His Whereabouts as Deadly Floods Hit
William B. Thomas IV, the Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator, made his first public comments about the flooding ...
Did July 4 floods catch top Kerr County emergency officials sleeping? Texas may get answers soon
So far, no evidence has shown that key county emergency officials with jurisdiction along the Guadalupe River were even awake ...
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 ...
Cruz unveils radio bill expanding emergency weather communications after deadly Texas flash floods
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday introduced legislation seeking to modernize weather radio systems after deadly Texas ...
FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response 'a model' for dealing with disaster
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...
State of Texas: Hearing reveals emergency leaders ‘not available’ when deadly flood hit
A legislative hearing in the heart of the disaster zone reveals new information about the deadly Texas floods. Investigator Matt Grant digs into the search for answers and accountability after the ...