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Some Texas flood alerts were delayed

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 because they needed special authorization.

ProPublica on MSN · 1d

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 left in harm’s way.

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.

Trump promises federal resources to Texas

NBC News on MSN · 14h

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?

Fox News · 1d

President Trump vows to help Texas recover from deadly flood devastation

President Donald Trump spoke with Fox News host Will Cain about rescue efforts in Kerrville, Texas after catastrophic flash floods on "The Will Cain Show."

CBS News · 1d

Trump promises federal resources to Texas after deadly flooding

It has been one week since devastating floods ravaged communities in Central Texas. President Trump and the first lady visited some of the hardest-hit communities on Friday and pledged federal support for state recovery efforts.

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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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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 ...

ABC13 Houston4d

Questions arise on how emergency warning systems work after central Texas flood

While the type of flooding we typically see in Houston is vastly different than the flash flooding along the Guadalupe River, ...

ABC News3d

Texas flooding News & Videos - ABC News

Kerr County, Texas, officials waited 90 minutes to send an emergency alert advising residents about the flooding, according to audio obtained by ABC affiliate KSAT. July 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM ...

Deadly Texas flash floods prompt scrutiny of emergency alerts and federal response

More than 100 people died in Texas flash floods over the Fourth of July weekend, raising questions about emergency alerts and ...

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A Texas firefighter pleaded for an alert amid rising flood waters. It ...

As floodwaters in Texas rose in the early morning of July 4, a local firefighter petitioned for an emergency alert to quickly be sent out, but local officials do not appear to have followed his ...

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