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Kerrville siren controversy heads to Texas legislature special session
State Rep. Wes Virdell, whose district includes Kerr County, voted against House Bill 13 earlier this year. The bill would ...
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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 ...
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Emergency crews suspend search for flooding victims in central Texas amid new flood warnings
Emergency crews suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas amid new warnings that more rain ...
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This Texas county asked for disaster resilience help. The flood came first.
Flooding is a fact of life in Texas Hill Country, a region home to a flood-prone corridor known as “Flash Flood Alley.” Judge Rob Kelly, the top elected official in Kerr County, said as much on Sunday ...
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Kerrville did not have an outdoor warning system in place, but would one have made a difference?
Alerts were sent as campers slept—but the flood hit fast. Now some are wondering if a warning system would have helped, or was this simply Mother Nature moving too fast to be stopped?
Texas Floods: A timeline of NWS alerts
July 3, 2025 (~1:18 p.m. CDT): A Flood Watch was issued for south-central Texas, including Kerr County, based on radar and ...
Texas flood: Kickoff meeting for Kerr County warning system project had been planned for mid-July
A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with ...
Deadly Texas flash floods sparks controversy over Trump cuts to NWS, NOAA
As the death toll rose to nearly 100, some elected officials and experts say the flash flooding that engulfed the Guadalupe ...
Austin, Texas fire chief accused of refusing to send special rescue team to flood zone over $800K dispute with state
The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic ...
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Kerrville mayor says he wasn’t aware of state resources that Gov. Abbott said were in place ahead of flooding
The governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods. On ...
FEMA records show Kerr County didn't alert all cell phones as flooding began
FEMA records obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show that Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & ...