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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 ...
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.
Texas flash flooding: What we know, where it's happening, when storms could end
More than 100 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
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 ...
Texas Flood Live Updates: White House Says Blaming Trump For Flooding A ‘Depraved Lie’ As Death Toll Reaches 104
ToplineOver 100 people—including 28 children—have been killed in what the White House has called a “once-in-a-generation ...