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Chron on MSN · 2h

Gov. Abbott faces backlash over likening those questioning flood response to 'losers'

Gov. Greg Abbott is facing fierce criticism after dismissing questions about state and local officials' response to the deadly Texas Hill Country flooding, calling efforts to assign blame "the word choice of losers" and likening the ongoing disaster to a football game.

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 1h

Abbott invokes a football metaphor in Texas flood response

Following an aerial tour of the area, Abbott told reporters that blame-seeking was “the word choice of losers.” The governor then turned to that most cherished Texas unifier, football, likening emergency responders to a football team faced with a setback.

CNN on MSN · 1h

Rep. Doggett fires back at Gov. Abbott’s comments about Texas flood

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) pushed back against a football analogy made by Gov. Greg Abbott yesterday, saying the catastrophic flooding in the state and the region’s response to the disaster is “not a game.

At least 161 people missing in Texas floods

The Associated Press on MSN · 17m

Searchers in helicopters and on horseback comb Texas flood debris for missing people

HUNT, Texas (AP) — Crews used backhoes and their bare hands Wednesday to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to state’s Hill Country.

The Washington Post on MSN · 21h

At least 161 people missing in Texas floods as death toll rises to 109

More than 160 people are known to be missing after devastating floods swept through Central Texas over the July Fourth weekend, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Tuesday — raising the possibility that the death toll could surpass 200 in what is already one of the deadliest flood events in the past five decades.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Texas Floods Death Toll Creeps up as Search and Rescue Continues

Local officials have faced angry questions about whether they could have warned people of dangerous flash floods in Texas Hill Country sooner. Rescue teams from neighboring states and Mexico have joined local efforts to search for survivors,

The Texas Tribune on MSN27m

Sirens, gauges and flood prevention: What the Texas Legislature could do in response to Hill Country disaster

Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to add flood response to the agenda for the July 21 special session, with an expected focus on ...

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Why are flags at half-staff? Abbott orders flags lowered to honor Texas flood victims

Flags are half-staff across Texas today, as Gov. Greg Abbott ordered them lowered to honor the victims of the deadly Texas ...

19hon MSN

Gov. Greg Abbott vows to find "every missing person" as death toll in Central Texas floods tops 100

As search efforts entered their fifth day in the devastating Central Texas floods, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to find "every ...

Slingshot News on MSN2h

'Let's Pray': Texas Governor Greg Abbott Stops Press Conference To Comfort Flood Victims In Kerr County

Texas Governor Greg Abbott stopped his press conference to comfort victims of flooding in Kerr County, Texas yesterday.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls on Texas to buy sirens for flood-prone counties

Gov. Greg Abbott seems likely to add the issue to the agenda, telling reporters that legislators would have the opportunity ...

FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth on MSN1d

Texas flooding: Weather alert improvements planned for special session, Gov. Abbott says

The BriefDozens have died, including children, in devastating flash floods in the Texas Hill Country, particularly in Kerr ...

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Officials push away questions about lack of widespread warnings before deadly Texas floods

The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain ...

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