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Hill Country leaders and residents urge lawmakers for better flood warning systems after losing 108 lives, including 37 children, in a July Fourth tragedy.
KERRVILLE, Texas — Texas lawmakers grilled Kerr County leaders Thursday about their whereabouts when deadly floodwaters raged through the Guadalupe River July 4, accusing them of essentially being ...
The Texas Legislature is in a special session and discussing proposals to improve disaster preparedness after floods killed ...
There was a hearing yesterday in Kerr County, Texas as desperate residents demanded to know where the help was after the devastating floods. Via the New York Times: As soon as the raging waters ...
Local officials emphasized the need for river gauges and real-time rainfall monitoring to better predict flash floods.
Several people shared harrowing stories of the devastating floods in the Hill Country on July 4, describing how rising waters forced them to flee their homes, seek refuge in trees and mourn the loss ...
Volunteers move stuffed animals and other tributes to flooding victims while they secure a newly installed cross across the ...
Missouri Task Force One members are back in Kansas City now but remain on call, ready to respond to the next natural disaster – wherever they’re needed most. Rounding out the four KCFD firefighters ...
"We need to do better for the people in this community, the people that are suffering," said Alicia Jeffrey Baker who lost her parents and her 11-year-old daughter.
Two Sheboygan firefighters spent two weeks in Texas with Wisconsin's Task Force 1, conducting water search and rescue operations after devastating floods.
A public hearing on the fatal July 4 flash floods in Kerr County, Texas, revealed that officials believe no alert system could have prevented the disaster, while victims' families and a state official ...
Thursday was the second public hearing for the Texas House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, local leaders and law enforcement answered questions ...