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Texas floods latest: Over 120 dead as Kerr County ‘repeatedly denied funding’ for flood warning system

The catastrophic Central Texas floods have claimed at least 121 lives and left 173 missing, as a report reveals that Kerr County officials were repeatedly denied state funding for an emergency flood warning system.

ABC News on MSN · 2d

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 emergency response, local officials said.

CBS News · 2d

Some Texas flood alerts were delayed as officials waited for authorization, former Kerr County official says

Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed because they needed special authorization.

Trump praises FEMA response in Texas

Gulf Today · 8m

Trump visits Texas flood zone, defends government's disaster response

President Donald Trump defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in Texas on Friday as he visited the stricken Hill Country region,

Austin American-Statesman on M… · 1d

Trump's cost-cutting efforts delayed FEMA's response to Texas floods, officials say

Some FEMA officials claim President Trump's cost-cutting policies are to blame for the delayed response to the disastrous Texas floods.

POLITICO on MSN · 22h

Trump praises FEMA response in Texas after earlier threats to eliminate agency

"FEMA has been really headed by some very good people,” Trump said during a roundtable with local officials, suggesting his administration turned the agency around after sharply criticizing the Biden administration-led FEMA response to flooding in North Carolina in late 2024.

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings

The Dallas Morning News · 1h

Records: FEMA cut dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion

In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county’s flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard area.

The New York Times · 56m

FEMA Approved Removal of Many Camp Mystic Buildings From Flood Zones

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.

Newsweek on MSN · 1h

FEMA deleted Texas camp's buildings from flood map—report

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

News Nation on MSN2h

FEMA response to TX floods 'very effective': Rep. Moran | NewsNation Now

Texas, says the response from the Trump administration and FEMA was immediate following the floods in Kerr County. Earlier reports said it took the agency 72 hours to offer the state any federal ...

2don MSN

'Forecasts were there': Emergency response questioned in Texas floods

More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the ...

3don MSN

Kerr County plan labeled flash flooding 'highly likely' with 'major' impact on public safety

A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public safety, according to a page on a city website.

3don MSN

Emergency Response Comes Under Scrutiny After Deadly Texas Floods

A public backlash is enveloping Kerr County over the local steps taken after the National Weather Service warned of a ...

CNN2d

Kerr County Sheriff and authorities have yet to explain who did what ...

Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator W.B. “Dub” Thomas declined to comment when asked to explain the actions the county took in the early morning hours of Friday, CNN previously ...

NBC News3d

Texas officials give few answers to growing questions about response to ...

Kerr County officials say they are still focused mainly on the search for survivors with hundreds still missing and weren't yet examining how the emergency response unfolded. IE 11 is not ...

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