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The July Fourth flooding that caused chaos across Kerr County began early Friday morning. The U.S. National Weather service reported at 5:10 a.m. Friday that the Guadalupe River in Hunt reached the second highest height on record, even higher than the 1987 flood, which reached a height of 37.72 ...
NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of warning.
The finger-pointing has already begun after the Texas floods, with some Dems blaming Trump budget cuts aimed at the National Weather Service for the catastrophic death toll — yet even experts who are administration critics saying they weren’t a factor.
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Laredo Morning Times on MSNTimeline: How the Texas Hill Country flash flood disaster unfoldedThree days after tragedy struck central Texas on the morning of July 4 with a deadly flash flood that has killed at least 82 people, a timeline of events has begun to come into focus. An unknown number remain missing, including girls attending a summer camp.
Satellite images show the devastation left behind by flash floods in Kerrville, Texas.
A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties, including Kerr County, labeled flash flooding as "highly likely" to occur, with a "major" impact on public health and safety, according to an ABC News review of a page on the Kerrville city website.