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Mr. Trump and Abbott promised to rebuild the devastated region, although the president recognized that what was lost can never be recovered.
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,
In the aftermath of the tragic Texas floods, which in the end will have killed over 200 people, everyone left alive has gone so deep into their corners they’ve all got this wedge-shaped induced wrinkle pressed deep into their foreheads.
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Texas special session called to address flood warning failures and emergency response after Hill Country flooding caused more than 100 deaths.
President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter Friday, suggesting she is "evil," after she asked a question about whether the warning alert system for the devastating floods worked as well as it could have.
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
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The floods claimed the lives of several children who had been attending a girls’ summer camp located near the Guadalupe River, where rising water levels swept away cabins, bridges and roads.
State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending flash flooding.
When deadly floods swept through Texas, the National Weather Service issued a series of warnings that should have automatically triggered alerts to be sent to cellphones as the Guadalupe River began to rise.
Texas officials are being questioned about warning systems ahead of the deadly floods. As NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports, Kerr County doesn't have a county-wide siren warning system in place.
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