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Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were ...
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 ...
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Not everyone received — or heeded — Austin-area flood alerts. Here's why.
Alert fatigue may have led some residents to ignore warnings. Spotty cell service also could have kept some alerts from ...
Texas town right next door to flood-ravaged county added new alert sirens last year — and nobody perished in July 4 storms
A small Texas town that recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster had recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...
As questions mount over Texas floods, a key decision-maker remains silent
Officials in Kerr County, where the majority of the deaths from the July 4 flash floods occurred, have yet to detail what ...
Before Tragedy, Texas Repeatedly Rejected Pleas for Flood Alarm Funding
Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...
After Texas disaster, Trump shifts his tone on FEMA
Just days into his second term, President Donald Trump said he was going to recommend that the Federal Emergency Management Agency “go away,” dismissing the agency as bloated and ineffective. Kristi ...
Death toll from Texas floods rises
Catastrophic damage remains across central Texas days after tragic floods decimated our communities. Intense search efforts are still ongoing, but as many hold out some hope of a miracle, officials ...