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Local Texas officials criticized for missing emergency planning briefing as grieving residents call for improved alert system

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,

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In an emotional hearing, Texas lawmakers hear from flood survivors, local officials

Legislature is in a special session and discussing proposals to improve disaster preparedness after floods killed more than 130 people early this month.

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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.

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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.

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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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.

After Central Texas floods, Austin urges FEMA to restore grant for stalled levee project

Austin officials are calling on FEMA to reinstate $50 million in flood resilience funding pulled by the Trump administration ...

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Kerr County emergency coordinator defends his absence during the deadly Texas flooding

Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator, William B. Thomas IV, testified on Thursday that he was sick and asleep ...

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FEMA under fire for 24-hour delay in sending search and rescue teams to deadly Texas floods

Republicans and Democrats in Congress questions the FEMA chief about the agency's response following flooding in Hill Country ...

Emergency Official Explains His Absence as Texas Floods Hit

The Kerr County official testified at a hearing held by state lawmakers in the city of Kerrville. Hundreds of residents attended, many of them hoping to testify.

Kerr County emergency chief defends response to Texas floods

Kerr County emergency chief William “Dub” Thomas defended his response to the Texas floods that killed more than 130 people, saying he mobilized despite being off duty and ill. He said supervisors ...

What FEMA’s acting chief said about missed calls after Texas flooding

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After the devastating Fourth of July flooding in Kerr County that claimed the lives of 137 people, FEMA ...

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Texas floods FEMA claim tracker: $17 million approved, thousands still ...

In 76903, in Tom Green County, FEMA has cleared nearly $5.5 million in damage awards. FEMA has approved about 68% of Tom Green County’s 1,301 applications so far, compared to 15% of Kerr County ...

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Maine emergency management expert criticizes federal changes to FEMA

One of the most experienced emergency response experts in the country, who lives in Maine, says the nation is becoming less prepared to respond to disasters.

Texas flood survivors decry lack of aid, ‘toxic pit’ conditions in special session

Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, ...

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