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Texans turn off phone alerts more than anyone. Did ‘alert fatigue’ cost lives in Hill County floods?
Texas sent out 282 public safety alerts last year, six times more than in 2017. The state also leads the nation in alert ...
Kerr County officials did not issue emergency alert until 2 days after deadly flood
Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters ...
Flood Warning issued for Kerr County until Sunday mid-morning, intense rainfall possible overnight
As search and recovery efforts continue following the deadly floods, NWS warns of isolated flash floods due to the ...
Texas Public Radio3d
Recovery operations restart in Kerr County as flood watch casts concern over Hill Country
Organizers say a planned candlelight vigil scheduled for this evening in Hunt for victims of the flood has been cancelled due ...
Kerr County plan labeled flash flooding 'highly likely' with 'major' impact on public safety
A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN6d
Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)6d
Plans for a flood warning system fell apart in Kerr County, leaving it vulnerable
The search for bodies continued nearly a week after deadly flooding in Texas. With 121 people confirmed dead and at least 161 ...
WUKY7d
Kerr County struggled to fund flood warnings. Under Trump, it's getting even harder
Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump ...
Search for victims is suspended as central Texas braces for more flash flooding
Residents living south of the San Saba River in San Saba County have been ordered to evacuate due to river surging.