Flood-related deaths rise to 96 in Kerr County
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A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.
Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.
The confirmed death toll from Fourth of July holiday floods that ravaged the central Texas Hill Country -- including a river bank cluttered with children's summer camps -- stood at 120, after police lowered it by one from a day earlier. And the urgent search for more than 170 people still missing entered a seventh day.
Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.
As flood water rose rapidly on the Guadalupe River in Texas early on July 4, there was no outdoor siren or warning alarm to alert people to the danger.Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, a top local government official,
Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump Administration, that kind of funding is drying up.
KERR COUNTY, Texas — In the wake of deadly flash floods across central Texas, First Coast News' parent company, TEGNA, announced the creation of the TEGNA Texas Flood Relief Fund.
Jonathan McComb was the sole family member to survive a Texas flooding in 2015. Now, he's in Kerrville searching for victims in from the latest flooding.