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In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn't: A wailing warning siren
Emergency officials are starting to focus on alert systems as they search for answers about how the flash flooding swept away ...
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 recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster after it recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...
A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps
Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended ...
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Sirens, gauges and flood prevention: What the Texas Legislature could do in response to Hill Country disaster
Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to add flood response to the agenda for the July 21 special session, with an expected focus on ...
Kerr County flooding updates: At least 24 people, including children, killed in devastating floods
Multiple people are dead following "catastrophic" flooding in Kerrville, which is about 65 miles northwest of San Antonio ...
Kerr County officials took 90 minutes to send emergency alert: Dispatch audio
At 4:22 a.m. on Friday, as Texas' Hill Country began to flood, a firefighter in Ingram – just upstream from Kerrville – asked ...
What we know about the people still missing, recovery efforts after the deadly Central Texas floods
Kerr County officials said Wednesday that their priority is to continue to search for missing people and get families closure ...
Death toll from Texas flash floods tops 100, with scores still missing
By Jane Ross, Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ...