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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kerr County lacked ‘last mile’ warning to get NWS alerts to residents before Texas flash floods
Kerr County, Texas, lacked a “last mile” warning mechanism that could have saved residents before the deadly floods devastated the area, including a children’s summer camp, killing more than 80 people ...
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 ...
What alerts did NWS send ahead of deadly flash floods in Texas? Here's a timeline of events
We looked back and found the forecasts and flood alerts sent out by the National Weather Service in San Antonio and Austin.
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 that caused deadly Texas flooding, meteorologist says
The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict, ...
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 warnings came hours in advance, but still may not have reached Texas flood victims
At a news conference on Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested flash flood alerts issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) did not fully convey the risks. "To most people in the area, flash ...
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National Weather Service shares timeline of alerts ahead of catastrophic Texas flooding
NWS says Flash Flood Warnings were issued on July 3 and early July 4 in Central Texas, giving more than three hours of ...