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Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.
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Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
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.
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Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have prevented loss of life on July 4?
President Donald Trump was expected to arrive in Kerr County, Texas, Friday afternoon, one week after the area was struck by catastrophic flooding.
The president has defended his administration's response to the fatal flooding amid criticism that federal assistance could have been provided more quickly.
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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.
Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens in Kerr County, Texas.