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At least 27 campers and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic during the devastating Texas floods. Some are still missing.
Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them
More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
Ex-FEMA officials say it’s unclear how the response differs from FEMA’s typical role in disasters, which is to support states through coordination and funding.
Flooding is a fact of life in Texas Hill Country, a region home to a flood-prone corridor known as “Flash Flood Alley.” Judge Rob Kelly, the top elected official in Kerr County, said as much on Sunday.
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
The Texas Tribune on MSN1d
Sirens, gauges and flood prevention: What the Texas Legislature could do in response to Hill Country disasterGov. Greg Abbott has promised to add flood response to the agenda for the July 21 special session, with an expected focus on alert systems and local recovery.
The flood came first. Amid historic Texas floods, ... “There’s so many communities that, when they look at their flooding data, their disaster risk data, their future climate projections, ...
Like the ground in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, where deaths in the flooding disaster have topped 100, Florida’s limestone geology poses a unique flooding threat.
The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC News analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data,
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