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FEMA records show Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones as flooding began

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.

The Independent on MSN · 19h

Texas floods latest: Over 120 dead as Kerr County ‘repeatedly denied funding’ for flood warning system

The catastrophic Central Texas floods have claimed at least 121 lives and left 173 missing, as a report reveals that Kerr County officials were repeatedly denied state funding for an emergency flood warning system.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 1d

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 government overspending.

FEMA deleted Texas camp's buildings from flood map

Newsweek on MSN · 14h

FEMA deleted Texas camp's buildings from flood map—report

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

CNN on MSN · 31m

FEMA OK’d requests to move Camp Mystic buildings from flood map

Experts say Camp Mystic’s requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood insurance, to lower the camp’s insurance premiums or to pave

USA Today · 1d

See how the Texas floods unfolded and why Camp Mystic was in a hazardous location

Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 people.

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Droves of volunteers join the thousands assisting flood recovery efforts in Kerr County

Over 12,000 volunteers have already assisted in Kerr County, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

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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 ...

USA Today6d

Texas turned down Kerr County plea for money for better flood warnings

The Texas Division of Emergency Management denied Kerr County’s 2017 application, meeting minutes show. Kerr County applied again in 2018, when more federal funding became available after ...

NBC Washington3d

FEMA records show Texas' Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones as ...

FEMA records show officials in Kerr County, Texas, did not use FEMA's system to send warnings to phones in the hours as the flooding began on July 4.

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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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