Texas, flooding
Digest more
Texas recovery efforts resume
Digest more
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
The visit by acting Administrator David Richardson is his first known trip to a disaster site since President Donald Trump made him FEMA’s top official.
Over 12,000 volunteers have already assisted in Kerr County, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Missouri Task Force 1 continues search efforts in Kerr County, Texas, after arriving Tuesday, following activation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency Monday. The task force has recently been working near the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, according to Boone County Fire Protection District.
At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed emergency alerts, saying that an "after-action" would follow the search and rescue efforts. "Those questions are gonna be answered," he added.
6d
The Texas Tribune on MSNWeather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.
Rescue crews in Travis, Burnet and Williamson counties continue to search for people who went missing in the July 4 floods. Here's what we know Tuesday.
Abbott listed that rescues took place in San Saba and Schleicher County, and evacuations occurred in Lampasas, Menard, Kimble and Sutton counties. A total of 131 are dead and roughly 101 remain missing-97 of which are from the Greater Kerrville area-following continued search and rescue efforts more than one week after the devastating Hill Country floods.