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Kerrville, flood and state lawmakers

Local leaders face Texas lawmakers today as questions linger about deadly July 4 flooding
Local leaders in central Texas are facing more tough questions Thursday as state lawmakers – and survivors – again press for information about the responses to July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people.
Watch Live: Lawmakers take local testimony in Kerrville on flood response
The hearing this morning is the first time a panel of lawmakers is visiting the hard-hit Texas Hill Country since the floods.
'The state is broken': Kerrville residents testify at state hearing over flood response
State lawmakers are in the Hill Country community most impacted by the July 4 flooding gathering testimony for legislation to address disaster preparedness and response efforts.
Texas lawmakers hold hearing on deadly July 4 floods
The joint Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding will meet Thursday in Kerrville, Texas — the site of the deadly Independence Day Floods — for the second time to hear testimony
Search for Answers After Texas' Deadly Floods Brings Lawmakers to Devastated Hill Country
Texas lawmakers are expected to question local Kerr County officials on Thursday over their preparedness and response to the deadly July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people
As Texas lawmakers await flood testimony, Hill Country survivors still grapple with recovery
Some areas had no running water Wednesday, according to Organizing Resilience, a group helping to mobilize survivors before Thursday's hearing.
Texas lawmakers to hold public hearing on deadly floods in Kerr County
The public hearing will center around the emergency response to the catastrophic floods, which killed at least 135 people in Texas' Hill Country region.
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Flood survivor reflects on the moment the Guadalupe River swept his old life away
Thomas Rux was awoken in his mobile home by the fire department yelling on bull horns and knocking doors, evacuating a RV ...
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 ...
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Minnesota team assists flood rescue and recovery efforts in Texas
The task force was assigned to a 35-member urban search and rescue team; the Minnesota unit would be ahead of or trailing the larger group to provide K-9 support.
Curran: Only 2.5% of Kerr County had flood insurance
Only about 7% of Texas properties are covered by flood insurance and in inland cities like Dallas, that number is closer to 1 ...
‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help
Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.
Texas Faces New Flood Warnings Along the Guadalupe River Less Than 2 Weeks After Disaster Killed More Than 130
New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than ...
What to know as Texas’ search for flood victims stretches into a third week
The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down ...