Texas Lawmakers Investigate Flash Floods
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The Texas Tribune on MSNIn Kerr County, some summer camps are reopening after the devastating July 4 floodAt least two summer camps in the Texas Hill Country have invited campers back after sustaining little to no damage from the flood. Other camps are still combing through the rubble.
An administrator for the Upper Guadalupe River Authority testified that they had twice applied for funds for an alert system in 2017 and 2018, but were denied. That administrator said that they tried again in 2024, but because of the low state matching funds, the authority decided not to move forward with the plan.
KXAN Senior Forecaster Jim Spencer reflects on the unprecedented devastation seen after the Texas Floods this month.
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority tapped its $3.4 million surplus to lower property tax rates, rather than fund $1 million in flood warning upgrades.
The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict, officials said Wednesday.
It took just 90 minutes for the river to rise more than 30 feet. A look at the historic flood levels now etched into Central Texas history.
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Ingram officials have been waiting to hear from Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator after feeling as if they were on their own during the devastating July 4 flooding.
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Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.