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The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming.
The early warnings and alerts from the National Weather Service didn’t indicate a catastrophic flood was on its way.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
Kerrville Dalton Rice claimed that authorities were nervous to “call wolf” when posed with the question of ordering evacuations
With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas on Monday even as crews search urgently for the missing following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people, including children at summer camps. Officials said the death toll was sure to rise.
A comprehensive overview of current US domestic news highlights major shake-ups under President Trump, including diplomatic layoffs, Texas flood relief efforts, and legal developments surrounding various influential figures such as Chris Brown and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
"People need to know today will be a hard day," said Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr. at a news conference on Saturday.