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Local Texas Officials Criticized for Missing Emergency Planning Briefing as Grieving Residents Call for Improved Alert System
KERR COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 31 – Mayor Joe Herring urged lawmakers to install a flash flood warning system within a year after flooding killed over 130 people in Kerr County, Texas, one of the deadliest U.S. flood events in decades.
- On Thursday, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring asked a joint Senate-House committee for a flood warning system within a year after deadly July floods killed over 130 people.
- Without emergency sirens, many residents had no warning before the deadly flooding on July 4 as floodwaters from the Guadalupe River washed away camps in Kerr County.
- The UGRA's Texas Water Development Fund application received only 5% of requested funding, despite Bill Rector saying reserve funds were available, and grants were denied since 2016.
- Texas state lawmakers plan to reevaluate the UGRA’s mandate after nine years without a monitoring system, with Burrows saying they will develop `some solutions` during the 30-day special session and beyond.
- FEMA has conducted more than 3,100 inspections of Central Texas homes since July 4 and provided $8,600 for repairs and $34,000 for rebuilds as of July 26.
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The Center Square
Texas lawmakers to reevaluate river authority over lack of flood warning system
(The Center Square) – Texas state lawmakers plan to reevaluate the purpose of the Upper Guadalupe River Authority (UGRA) after it was revealed that after nine years, no river monitoring
‘This mistake just happened to cost me five members of my family’: Texas families react to missed emergency planning briefing
Travis Reynolds tells CNN’s Kate Bolduan he is frustrated to hear there were “so many people who should have reacted” ahead of devastating storms. Kerr County officials were sharply confronted during a committee hearing in Kerrville, Texas, about their disaster preparedness and response following the deadly storm.
Texas lawmakers grill Kerr County officials as flood recovery plods on
On Thursday, for the first time since flash floods along the Guadalupe River killed at least 138 people and left thousands of homes and buildings in ruins, Texas lawmakers questioned local emergency and disaster preparedness officials in Kerr County, the epicenter of the disaster. Unlike some of its neighbors, the county had not installed emergency sirens, and alerts from the National Weather Service did not reach many in time. Kerr County’s eme…
Kerr County leaders recite their role in flood crisis
KERRVILLE — A rural Texas county was missing some of its key leadership in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130 people earlier this month.
Denver Gazette
The Straits TimesTexas mayor calls for flash flood warning system to lessen future fatal disasters
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