Texas, flood and Trump
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Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.
This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?
11hon MSN
The death toll in the July 4 Central Texas flooding rose to 103 on Friday as the search continued for those still missing.
President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.
The threat of heavy rain is “slight” for this weekend, but with the ground fully saturated in Kerr County even small amounts of rainfall could cause flooding.
1don MSN
Kerr County officials say death toll has risen to 96 due to the Hill Country floods, including 60 adults and 36 children.
A week after deadly flash floods, as rescue turns to recovery, more than 160 people remain missing in Kerr County, Texas.
A memorial service was held in Kerr County, Texas on Friday to honor the victims and those still missing from flooding that recently struck the region.
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 government overspending.
FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.
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