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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 communities on the fifth day after devastating floods killed more than 100.

USA Today · 48m

Kerr County, Texas, officials questioned on emergency warnings in flooding disaster

Kerr County officials stressed that their priority is search and rescue operations and avoided answering questions on the emergency warning system.

As the Texas death toll climbs, officials face questions over flood warning system

Rescue teams on Monday continued searching for survivors along the Guadalupe River after deadly flooding in Texas. Meanwhile, officials are facing questions over why Kerr County, part of an area known for its flash floods,

Texas county judge says 'no 1 knew' flood was coming

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Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood

Local officials in one of the hardest-hit counties have still revealed little about what, if any, actions they took to safeguard residents, tourists, and visitors in an area known as “flash flood alley.

Texas county judge says 'no one knew' flood was coming

Kerr County, Texas Judge Rob Kelly told a reporter that the county does not have a warning system, saying that "no one knew this kind of flood was coming."

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Texas flooding help: How to donate without getting scammed

Scammers know that the images of the devasting scenes from the Texas floods make people want to give money. Here's how to avoid them.

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Full press conference: Kerr County, Texas flood search and rescue update

Kerr County continues to search for people who are missing after deadly floods hit summer camps, homes and roads July 4.

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Texas floods death toll creeps up as search and rescue continues

At least 56 adults and 30 children have been killed in Kerr County, Sheriff Larry Leitha said at a press conference, with ...

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Texas flood death toll climbs past 100 as search continues for dozens still missing

KERRVILLE, Texas — The death toll from the devastating Fourth of July weekend flooding in Texas rose to at least 104 on ...

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Texas flood responders keep searching for 10 Mystic campers, others after death toll rises to 84

A massive Texas search and cleanup effort was set to enter its fifth day Tuesday in response to Guadalupe River flooding that ...

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Rescue teams find three more bodies after central Texas floods

The death toll in Kerr County crept up to 87 on Tuesday as search and rescue teams recovered three more bodies in the ...

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Hope of finding Texas flood survivors dims as search efforts go on

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas dimmed Tuesday, a day after the death ...

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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.

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When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick now says state could do it.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.

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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 ...

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Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 kids killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive

Officials in Kerr County, Texas — where 27 children at a Christian summer camp were killed in catastrophic flooding — had ...

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