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Texas lawmakers grill Kerr County officials

Kerr County, Texas, lead emergency management official says he was asleep during deadly flooding
William "Dub" Thomas, the Kerr County Emergency Management Director since 2015, detailed his whereabouts during the crisis.
Texas lawmakers grill Kerr County officials as flood recovery plods on
Local officials in Texas emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.
Kerr County emergency officials were missing, asleep as floods raged
The hearing this morning is the first time a panel of lawmakers is visiting the hard-hit Texas Hill Country since the floods.
Leaders in Texas county asleep, away during flood
Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town 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.
County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit
At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.
Kerr County emergency official says he was sick and asleep when deadly flash floods hit Texas
Texas officials have faced questions over their preparedness and the speed of their initial actions when flash flooding hit.
Hearing on deadly Texas floods reveals local officials missed emergency planning briefing
All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, were absent from an emergency briefing call ahead of the flash flooding incident,
Three top officials were asleep or out of town when deadly Texas floods hit
Officials have been criticised over the lack of warning ahead of the flash floods that killed at least 135 people.
Kerr County officials failed to follow certain aspects of disaster plan during Texas floods
The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.
Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Officials Over Deadly Hill Country Floods
Texas state lawmakers from both parties criticized local authorities in Kerr County for being unprepared for the devastating July Fourth flooding that left more than 135 people dead in their region.
Texas lawmakers fault Kerr County officials on response to deadly floods
Thursday’s special hearing in Kerr County is the public’s first chance to speak directly to legislators. “We have every right to be angry,” one woman says.
A rural Texas county was missing some of its key leadership in the initial hours of flood crisis
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