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Texas lawmakers grill officials over response during deadly floods

City of Kerrville, TXTexas state lawmakers on Thursday held a special legislative session in Kerrville, the seat of the county hardest-hit by catastrophic flash flooding that killed at least 137 people last month,

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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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Texas lawmakers fault Kerr County officials on response to deadly floods

Thursday’s special hearing in Kerr County is the public’s first chance to speak directly to legislators. “We have every right to be angry,” one woman says.

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Disaster Chief Breaks Silence On Iffy Texas Flood Response

The top emergency coordinator in Kerr County, Texas, said he had been sick the day before catastrophic flooding hit Central ...

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Kerr County emergency coordinator defends his flood response after weeks of silence

Kerr County’s top emergency coordinator said Thursday he had been feeling ill for days leading up to the deadly floods but ...

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FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response ‘a model’ for dealing with disaster

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

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Kerr County emergency officials were sleeping when flood hit July 4

State lawmakers are in the Hill Country community most impacted by the July 4 flooding gathering testimony for legislation to ...

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River official backtracks on Camp Mystic warnings at Texas flood hearing

The July 4 flood killed 27 campers and counselors at the all-girls Camp Mystic in Hunt. One camper remains missing. The ...

‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help

Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.

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FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response

The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...

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FEMA leader quits amid frustration over Trump’s Texas flood response

The decision was likely in part due to the agency's delayed response to the flooding disaster in Central Texas. Senior FEMA ...

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Dem Calls for Investigation of Kristi Noem Over Fema's Texas Flood Response

Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz has called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be investigated over the ...

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FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls

As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and ...

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