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Texas lawmakers blast river authority for 'pathetic decision' not to upgrade flood warning system
They cited a Houston Chronicle investigation that found UGRA declined to fund the improvements despite having millions of ...
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NWS warnings came hours in advance, but still may not have reached Texas flood victims
Kimmel would like an independent review of the Central Texas floods, looking at how alerts were distributed and how emergency managers responded. An NWS graph from flood sensor data in Kerr County ...
TDEM Chief shares timeline of actions, NWS forecasts leading up to Hill Country flooding
More than 100 people were killed in the flooding that overtook the Hill Country and other parts of Central Texas during the ...
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Texas officials excavate flood response during public hearing
While search efforts continue for the few missing in the Texas Hill Country, state officials met to evaluate the response to ...
Poor coordination hampered flood response, Texas official tells lawmakers
Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority ...
Texas NWS office had no warning coordination meteorologist during the flood. Did it make a difference?
On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in ...
Federal watchdog will examine if National Weather Service staff cuts worsened Texas flood response
Democrats have questioned the effectiveness of the flash flood warning the weather service sent out on July 4, after ...
'Science just isn't there yet' to predict severity of storms in deadly Texas flooding
The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict, ...
NWS issues flood watch for Central Texas areas hit by July 4 floods. See map of counties
Parts of Central Texas are under yet another flood watch this weekend. The impacted areas are the same as those hit by the ...
Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says
Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...
Federal leaders spar on NWS flood warning response, pose safety review after Texas disaster
In the aftermath of deadly Hill Country flooding, Texas’ junior U.S. Senator is defending the National Weather Service, as questions surface over the agency’s forecast timing, urgency and ...
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NWS flood warnings came hours ahead of Texas flood – NBC New York
NWS warnings came hours in advance, but still may not have reached Texas flood victims City and state officials have questioned if National Weather Service warnings adequately described the ...