News

Texans turn off phone alerts more than anyone. Did ‘alert fatigue’ cost lives in Hill County floods?
Texas sent out 282 public safety alerts last year, six times more than in 2017. The state also leads the nation in alert ...
Kerr County orders evacuations, suspends searches under new flooding threat
Kerr County authorities issued a new Guadalupe River evacuation notice and suspended search operations as more heavy rains ...
Kerr County officials did not issue emergency alert until 2 days after deadly flood
Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters ...
The Weather Channel on MSN3d
Kerr County Under Flash Flood, Halting Search Operations
More rain and flash flooding is ongoing throughout Central Texas, with life-threatening flash flood warnings in effect for ...
Kerr County plan labeled flash flooding 'highly likely' with 'major' impact on public safety
A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN6d
Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)6d
Plans for a flood warning system fell apart in Kerr County, leaving it vulnerable
The search for bodies continued nearly a week after deadly flooding in Texas. With 121 people confirmed dead and at least 161 ...
Texas Public Radio3d
Recovery operations restart in Kerr County as flood watch casts concern over Hill Country
Organizers say a planned candlelight vigil scheduled for this evening in Hunt for victims of the flood has been cancelled due ...
Kerr County flooding updates: At least 27 people, including children, killed in 'mass casualty event'
July Fourth brought "life-threatening flash flooding" to the Kerrville area. More than 20 children remain unaccounted for ...
Search for victims is suspended as central Texas braces for more flash flooding
Residents living south of the San Saba River in San Saba County have been ordered to evacuate due to river surging.