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Texas lawmakers hear heartbreaking testimony about this Hill Country community's flood response

This father and daughter climbed into trees to survive the Kerr County floods. Their testimony to state lawmakers reveals shocking gaps in the emergency response.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 2d

Two dozen experts set to testify at Texas lawmakers' Kerrville flood hearing ahead of the public

Texas lawmakers invited Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr., and City Manager Dalton Rice to testify at the hearing Thursday.

Austin American-Statesman · 20h

Kerrville hearing: Local officials were either not home or out sick in lead up to flash flood

Flood relief is one of many items the Texas Legislature is taking up in the 30-day special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott.

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Texas county emergency management official says he was asleep during deadly flood

William "Dub" Thomas, the Kerr County emergency management director, detailed his whereabouts during the crisis to a panel of state lawmakers at a hearing on Thursday in Kerrville, Texas.

Kerr County officials grilled for not being available when deadly flooding began

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 missing in action when it mattered most. They learned one was sick in bed, another was asleep, and a third was at Lake Travis with his family.

CNN on MSN · 18h

Local officials in the epicenter of Texas floods missed state emergency planning briefing

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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Kerrville emails, texts show local leaders spent hours unaware of flood's tragic toll

The CBS News Texas I-Team obtained dozens of text messages and emails exchanged between Kerrville city officials as they ...

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'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 ...

Kerrville city manager referred to Kristi Noem as ‘basically homeland Barbie’ after flooding media briefing, texts show

The hundreds of pages of records, provided to KSAT Investigates following a series of public records requests, include a text ...

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Kerrville declares water supply emergency due to treatment plant condition following lake flooding

Hoses, soakers and sprinklers that are either automatic or hose-ended cannot be used under Kerrville's rules, according to a ...

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Emails, texts show how Kerrville leaders learned of flood devastation

The CBS News Texas I-Team obtained dozens of text messages and emails exchanged between Kerrville city officials as they ...

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Kerrville flood hearing Wednesday

Kerrville flood hearing Wednesday - three still remain missing. Survivors and community members from the area will be heard.

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A brief report from one Kerrville team after the flood

The government gives Bella Vista, Ark. low risk rating for rising water. This means it is unlikely to flood on a periodic ...

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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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