Death toll from flooding in Kerr County climbs to 103
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Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.
The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.
A memorial service was held in Kerr County, Texas on Friday to honor the victims and those still missing from flooding that recently struck the region.
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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.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNKerr County flood deaths surpass 100 as search for missing continuesThe death toll in Kerr County, Texas climbed above 100 Friday night as recovery operations continued in the county on a day when President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump toured the damage left behind by July 4 flash flooding.
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed because they needed special authorization.
A stretch of chain-link fence along the Guadalupe River in the Texas town of Kerrville has become a focal point for the community's grief.