Kerrville Mayor Calls Press Conference a 'Disaster'
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The Texas Tribune on MSNKerrville mayor says he wasn’t aware of state resources that Gov. Abbott said were in place ahead of floodingThe governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods.
Michael Abner said he was awakened at 5 a.m. on the Fourth of July by the owner of an RV park in Kerrville, Texas, where he was staying as floodwater began reaching his RV.
As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials said.
This was the first time people from Kerrville ISD have come together since the flooding. Residents prayed for the lives lost and for the families still searching for their loved ones.
Robert Earl Keen has a personal connection to Kerrville, TX, the site of massive flooding on July 4 that authorities say resulted in the deaths of 111 people, with nearly 170 still unaccounted for at press time.
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Amid staggering loss, hundreds gathered in mourning and prayer at a Wednesday night vigil for the victims of the July Fourth floods.
Several Kerrville Independent School District teachers and staff members drove school buses full of hundreds of campers from Camp La Junta and Camp Mystic to reunification sites on July 4.
Of all the counties affected, Kerr County suffered the greatest losses as a deadly wall of water roared down the Guadalupe River in the early morning hours of July 4. Wednesday evening, the City of Kerrville came together in a vigil at Antler Stadium to pray for the victims and those still missing after the flood.
In an emotional interview with CNN’s Pamela Brown, the mayor of Kerrville, Texas, said he did not receive a warning about the torrential rainfall that would result in catastrophic flooding in his city.
TEGNA Texas created a new charitable fund raising money to support people impacted by devastating floods in Central Texas.