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Texas flood: Kickoff meeting for Kerr County warning system project had been planned for mid-July
A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with ...
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Kerr County officials to give update on continued recovery efforts after Hill Country flooding
Officials in Kerr County are expected to hold a press conference Wednesday morning on recovery efforts as the stark numbers ...
Big and small businesses open their wallets for Kerr County flood relief
At the regional and national level, companies are donating millions to relief efforts after Central Texas flooding left over ...
Kerr County authorities discussed warning systems at least 20 times since 1987
Since 2016, the topic of a "flood warning system" for Kerr County has come up at 20 different county commissioners' meetings, ...
Weather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.
Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they ...
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.
20-month-old Austin boy among victims of Kerr County flooding, family confirms
A 20-month-old Austin boy died in the Kerr County flash flood after his family’s home was engulfed by water, a family member ...
Some former Texas county officials thought informal phone calls, not sirens, would be sufficient in a flood
Texas county commissioners previously suggested "river calling," an informal phone chain used by summer camps, would be ...