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Kerr County holds vigil honoring the victims and the many missing from the Texas flood
A memorial service was held in Kerr County, Texas on Friday to honor the victims and those still missing from flooding that ...
Trump slams reporter over Texas flood: ‘Only an evil person would ask a question like that’
The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.
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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 ...
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 ...
A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps
Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended ...
Kerr County asked for a flood warning system and didn’t get it. Would it have made a difference?
Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have ...
Before Tragedy, Texas Repeatedly Rejected Pleas for Flood Alarm Funding
Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...
Memorial in flood-ravaged Texas city becomes focal point of community’s grief
A stretch of chain-link fence along the Guadalupe River in the Texas town of Kerrville has become a focal point for the ...