Texas Flood Preparedness Issues

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Texas lawmakers create flood disaster committees

Texas House and Senate create select committees to investigate disaster prep and flooding

The Texas House and Senate will appoint a nine-person select committee to look at disaster preparedness and the recent flooding across Central Texas.

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Texas forms committees for disaster preparedness, flood relief

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Texas lawmakers create flood disaster committees ahead of special session

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Texas flood deaths rise to 120; search for missing enters seventh day: Live updates

More than 160 people are still missing in the county, officials said in a Thursday update, and hopes of finding any survivors have diminished with each passing day.

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List of missing in Texas floods adds uncertainty to search for survivors

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‘Unfathomable’ search continues for those missing in Texas floods

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Texas flooding live updates: 95 dead in Kerr County, at least 119 dead in the state

At least 109 people are dead after heavy rain led to devastating flooding in Texas.

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160 people still missing in fatal Texas flooding

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Number of missing Texas flood victims quadruples to 172 overnight — and is likely to increase

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'Deep impact phase' of searching: More than 170 missing after Texas flood

Authorities have confirmed at least 120 deaths across six counties, including those of 59 adults and 36 children in Kerr County.

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'Huge wall of water': Texas man stood on meter box to survive deadly floods

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Searchers in helicopters and on horseback scour Texas flood debris for the missing

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Federal budget cuts not solely to blame for Texas flood preparedness issues, says expert

As communities across Central Texas reel from the deadly floods that devastated Kerrville and surrounding Hill Country towns, Fox 29 Chief Meteoro

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State leaders form select committees to investigate deadly Texas floods

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows, both Republicans, said in a joint statement Wednesday that the new Select Committees on

Texas County Flagged Need for Flood Alarm Months Before Tragedy

Kerr County repeatedly failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.

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A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps

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.

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"It's preparedness": Officials across Minnesota meeting to discuss lessons from Texas flooding

Emergency managers in the Northland on Tuesday met with the National Weather Service to strengthen their working relationships in the wake of the Kerrville, Texas, disaster.

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Discovery of Victims Slows Nearly a Week After the Texas Floods

In Kerr County, the hardest-hit region, officials said the number of missing remained unchanged, at 161, since Tuesday. The floods have killed at least 121 people statewide.