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Trump, Texas leaders visit Kerrville

Trump Calls Reporter 'Evil Person' For Asking About Families Impacted By Texas Flood

A reporter from CBS News Texas asked the president Friday if more lives could've been saved if emergency alerts were issued earlier.

MyHighPlains on MSN · 2h

State of Texas: Trump, Texas leaders visit Kerrville after catastrophic flood

President Donald Trump spoke about the loss of life as a result of the flooding while surrounded by state and city leaders in Kerrville on Friday.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump to Visit Texas Flood Site Amid Questions About Disaster Response

U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to central Texas on Friday to survey damage from the July 4 flash flood that killed at least 120 people and left dozens more missing. His visit comes amid intense focus on the government response a week after the storm and as thousands of first responders comb through muddy debris,

Texas flood death toll rises

ABC News · 8h

Texas flooding live updates: Death toll at 129 as search continues for the missing

Over 120 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.

USA TODAY on MSN · 7h

Texas flooding death toll rises; new flood watch in effect: Updates

Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.

UPI News on MSN · 1h

Texas flood death toll rises as search continues for victims

More than 2,100 searchers from a dozen Texas Counties, other states and Mexico are continuing recovery efforts to find more victims of the deadly flash flooding in central Texas.

Texas officials face questions about emergency alerts

BBC on MSN · 2d

Texas officials face questions about emergency alerts during deadly floods

Rescue efforts included over 2,100 responders on the ground, private helicopters, drones, boats and cadaver-detecting dogs.

NBC News on MSN · 5h

How the deadliest hours of the devastating Texas floods unfolded

This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?

9to5Mac · 2d

Wireless Emergency Alerts system was used for the Texas floods – but several problems

A 2024 RAND report found Texas cellphone users opted out of wireless emergency alerts at the highest rate. Nearly 30% of Texans chose to turn off at least one kind of wireless alert, a choice researchers partly attributed to exhaustion from the large number of statewide alerts.

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Deadly Texas floods raise questions about emergency alerts and whether staffing cuts affected forecasts and warnings

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek ...

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What happened in the hours before, during and after a catastrophic deluge hit Texas Hill Country

People awoke from water rushing around them during the early morning hours of July 4, all along the Guadalupe River in the ...

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Emergency alert over shooting stirs anger in flood-hit Texas

The alert, a Blue Alert issued by the FBI, named Benjamin Song, 32, as the suspect wanted in the July 4 shooting of a police ...

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Some Texas flood alerts were delayed as officials waited for authorization, former Kerr County official says

Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed ...

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Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene

Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were ...

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Texas town right next door to flood-ravaged county added new alert sirens last year — and nobody perished in July 4 storms

A small Texas town that recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster had recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...

13h

Texas Leads Nation in Flood Deaths Due to Geography, Size and Population

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them ...

Before Tragedy, Texas Repeatedly Rejected Pleas for Flood Alarm Funding

Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...

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