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Texas County Flagged Need for Flood Alarm Months Before Tragedy
Kerr County repeatedly failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions ...
Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows
At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed ...
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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 ...
Flooded Texas county planned to start developing monitoring system in mid-July
Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a ...
Kerr County, Texas does not have a county-wide siren system
Texas officials are being questioned about warning systems ahead of the deadly floods. As NBC News' Priscilla Thompson ...
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Plans for a flood warning system fell apart in Kerr County, leaving it vulnerable
The search for bodies continued nearly a week after deadly flooding in Texas. With 121 people confirmed dead and at least 161 ...
Texas flood: Kickoff meeting for Kerr County warning system project had been planned for mid-July
A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with ...
Search for flood victims slowed by mountains of debris as thousands descend on Kerr County to assist
Crews are using construction equipment to clear vehicles, trees and homes in a race to locate the 161 people still missing ...
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 ...
As Kerr County leaders avoid alert questions, new audio surfaces in CodeRED timeline
Dispatch audio has surfaced from the critical hours before a deadly flood hit its height in Kerr County, helping piece ...