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Kerr County, flood warning

Kerr County considered adding warning sirens years before flood. Why didn’t it happen?

Comfort, a town along the Guadalupe in neighboring Kendall County, reportedly had siren warning systems and has not reported a single death from the July 4 flooding, according to NBC news.

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Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?

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Kerr County asked for a flood warning system and didn’t get it. Would it have made a difference?

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Kerr County warned of ‘monstrous and devastating flash floods’

“Our area has a history of monstrous and devastating flash floods,” the video said.

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'Silence and mourning': A pastor's view from Kerrville, Texas, in wake of deadly floods

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Kerr County officials took 90 minutes to send emergency alert: Dispatch audio

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Kerr County struggled to fund flood warnings. Under Trump, it's getting even harder

The Trump Administration has frozen or cancelled billions of dollars dedicated to help communities prepare for disasters.

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FEMA records show Texas' Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones as flooding began

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Live updates: Trump touches down in Kerrville today as search operations continue

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Can sirens help save lives in the next flood? Yes, but there’s more to it.

“You need to tell people a little bit more.”

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How flood sirens could have saved lives in Texas

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Texas Community Where No One Died in Devastating Floods Credits Siren System with Saving Lives

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Floods are getting more dangerous around the country, not just in Texas

Climate change is making heavy rain more common, leading to more flood risk in much of the U.S.

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Texas flooding: More than 170 people still missing following deadly floods

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July 9, 2025: News on the deadly Texas floods

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Mourning begins in Texas where more than 170 still missing from floods

More than 170 people have been reported missing, most in Kerr County, where nearly 100 victims have been recovered.

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Death toll in devastating Texas flash floods at least 120, dozens still missing

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Texas Flood Was America's Deadliest Rainfall Flash Flood In 49 Years

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When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick now says state could do it.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.

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Some former Texas county officials thought informal phone calls, not sirens, would be sufficient in a flood

Texas county commissioners previously suggested "river calling," an informal phone chain used by summer camps, would be better than installing new flood sirens.

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'Could we have done more? Perhaps so' | Former Kerr County official recalls emergency siren debate

KERR COUNTY, Texas — Kerr County leaders debated the issue of installing emergency sirens along the Guadalupe River nearly a decade ago, but one former official said there was pushback from some residents.

Kerr County was aware of flooding issues in 2016. A former commissioner explains why sirens weren't installed.

Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county couldn't get grants for sirens.

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Texas town right next door to flood-ravaged county added new alert sirens last year — and nobody perished in July 4 storms

A small Texas town recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster after it recently upgraded its emergency alert system — the kind of equipment that state and county officials repeatedly balked at installing just a few miles away in storm-ravaged Kerr County.

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'Forecasts were there': Emergency response questioned in Texas floods

More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the effects of the deadly disaster could have been mitigated.