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Disaster response under scrutiny

Texas officials defend response to deadly floods: 'We saved as many people as we could'

State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.

The New York Times · 6h

Officials in Flooded Texas Defend Response Amid Threats

A commissioner in Kerr County, where the worst flooding occurred, said people were “cursing us for our decisions.” Official evacuations did not occur for hours after the first Weather Service warning.

CNN · 14h

Disaster response under scrutiny after catastrophic Texas floods

Officials in Kerr County, Texas, are set to meet Monday as the region reels from devastating floods earlier this month — and after a new round of rain this weekend halted the search for dozens of people still missing from the disaster.

1hon MSN

Kerr County commissioners set to hold first meeting since catastrophic Texas flooding

Commissioners in Kerr County, Texas, are set to meet Monday in their first official court hearing since more than 100 people, ...

6don MSN

Kerr County plan labeled flash flooding 'highly likely' with 'major' impact on public safety

A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public ...

What does it mean to Harris County that FEMA missed nearly two-thirds of calls after central Texas floods?

Cuts made to the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Trump administration severely impaired its ability to respond ...

6don MSN

Austin Fire Chief defends response after accusations of delaying help for Kerr County flooding

The Austin Fire Chief insists his department is doing everything it can to respond to deadly flooding in Kerr County after ...

4don MSN

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 ...

6don MSNOpinion

Texas lawmakers could have funded better emergency response systems — but they didn’t

Even before dozens died in flood waters on July 4, Texas ranked first in the U.S. in number of deaths due to natural ...

CNN4d

Kerr County Sheriff and authorities have yet to explain who did what ...

Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator W.B. “Dub” Thomas declined to comment when asked to explain the actions the county took in the early morning hours of Friday, CNN previously ...

KSAT2d

FEMA response to Hill Country floods slowed by cost controls, sources tell CNN

Rescue efforts began Friday, but FEMA did not deploy its network of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday.

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