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Texas flood recovery efforts face tough conditions as local officials face hard questions
Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered the hard-hit central ...
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.
As search continues and death toll rises, North Texas mourns victims of catastrophic flood
People gathered on Sunday along the roadsides and churches across Kerrville to mourn the loss of lives and pray for the ones ...
When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick now says state could do it.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.
Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood
Local officials in one of the hardest-hit counties have still revealed little about what, if any, actions they took to ...
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 ...
Texas county judge says 'no one knew' flood was coming
Kerr County, Texas Judge Rob Kelly told a reporter that the county does not have a warning system, saying that "no one knew ...
Texas dad refused to let go of ‘his babies’ during flood — and all were swept away, witness says
My husband was in the water trying to ask them, ‘Please throw me your baby!’ The man was holding tight to his babies, and he ...