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A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.
The number of confirmed deaths from the Texas Hill Country floods rose to 95 in Kerr County on Wednesday, Sheriff Larry Leitha said.
KERRVILLE, Texas - The death toll from the devastating floods that swept through Kerr County early Friday stands at 96, officials said Thursday, as search and r
"I hope that everyone knows, prayers work and God is still out there," Kerrville resident Donna Ragsdale said.
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As the search and recovery continues in Kerry County, the issue of emergency sirens have become a focus both locally and across teas.
The National Weather Service put out watches and warnings prior to the catastrophic floods. Did Kerr County use those ahead of time? Here's what we know.
As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials said.
Using Fredericksburg as a proxy for the region, the average July rainfall over the last about 40 years is 2.2 inches. But most of the time, July seems to be closer to either extreme, whether it’s less than an inch or more than four.