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Texas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks.
After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what ...
Kerr County officials did not issue emergency alert until 2 days after deadly flood
Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters ...
Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks
Even in areas that are mapped, like the Camp Mystic site in Kerr County, Texas, that was hit by a deadly flash flood on July ...
Kerr County plan labeled flash flooding 'highly likely' with 'major' impact on public safety
A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public ...
Texas Public Radio2d
Recovery operations restart in Kerr County as flood watch casts concern over Hill Country
Organizers say a planned candlelight vigil scheduled for this evening in Hunt for victims of the flood has been cancelled due ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN5d
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 ...
Search for victims is suspended as central Texas braces for more flash flooding
Residents south of the San Saba River in San Saba County have been ordered to evacuate because of river surging.
Texas issues Flash Flood Emergency, Code Red Alert as torrential rain causes river to rapidly rise
A Flash Flood Emergency and numerous Flash Flood Warnings were issued in Central Texas on Sunday morning after torrential rain led to the rapid rise of the Lampasas River.