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Kerr County, flood warning

Kerr County considered adding warning sirens years before flood. Why didn’t it happen?

Officials balked at the cost for installing a siren warning system and the potential for sirens to blare in the middle of the night and wake up

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.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 16h

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 prevented loss of life on July 4?

At least 120 dead, 170 missing in Texas floods

Texarkana Gazette · 5h

Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood

Officials in Texas are facing questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm's way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed at least 120 people, including more than two dozen children and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp.

BBC on MSN · 1d

Texas officials face questions about emergency alerts during deadly floods

Rescue efforts included over 2,100 responders on the ground, private helicopters, drones, boats and cadaver-detecting dogs.

KXTV-TV Sacramento on MSN · 1d

At least 120 dead, 170 missing in Texas floods as questions grow over warning delay

At least 120 people are dead and 170 remain missing after devastating flash floods swept through Kerr County, Texas.

The Texas Tribune on MSN8h

Weather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear. - MSN

Three hours and 21 minutes. That’s how much time passed from when the National Weather Service sent out its first flash flood warning for part of Kerr County to when the first flooding reports came ...

2don MSN

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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