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Texas town right next door to flood-ravaged county added new alert sirens last year — and nobody perished in July 4 storms
A small Texas town that recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster had recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...
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Comfort’s decision to install sirens credited with saving lives during Texas Hill Country floods
This flood was the first time Comfort’s new siren system was activated. The county upgraded these emergency alerts back in ...
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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 ...
A small Texas community where everyone survived flooding has sirens that warned them
As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of ...
'Could we have done more? Perhaps so' | Former Kerr County official recalls emergency siren debate
KERR COUNTY, Texas — Kerr County leaders debated the issue of installing emergency sirens along the Guadalupe River nearly a ...
What can Texas do about floods? Plenty. Lessons ignored from 1987 bus disaster | Opinion
The bus driver from the 1987 Guadalupe River flood tragedy where 10 campers died saw the news July 4 and posted, “It’s ...
Death toll surpasses 100, at least 160 missing in Texas floods
Follow live updates on the Texas floods, where the death toll has surpassed 100, including Camp Mystic counselors and campers ...
Texas town successfully carried out evacuations, raising questions about Kerr County response
Downstream from Kerrville, Texas, the town of Comfort successfully carried out evacuations, raising questions about Kerr ...