State of Texas: 'You Were Nowhere to Be Found,' Hearing Reveals Emergency Leaders Not Available when Deadly Flood Hit

State of Texas: 'You were nowhere to be found,' Hearing reveals emergency leaders not available when deadly flood hit

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Kerr County leaders are facing mounting scrutiny over their handling of the Fourth of July flooding. On Thursday, the questions came from state lawmakers who traveled to the flood zone for a special session hearing. Inside the packed Hill County Youth Event Center, which has been taken over by emergency responders, pointed comments were directed at local leaders. 'You were nowhere to be found' "Everyone was here that day work…

Citizens provide testimony during flood preparedness, response hearing

Citizens Share Harrowing Accounts of July 4 Flood Disaster at Texas Legislative Hearing

Texas flood hearings reveal widespread failures in response and prevention while leaving Abbott and Trump blameless

Noticeably absent from the hearings Thursday and a previous such event held on July 23rd were Texas governor Greg Abbott and officials from either the Trump administration or the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), who bear the lion’s share of blame for the disaster.