Kerr County flood deaths surpass 100
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) response to the deadly floods that ravaged Texas last week, asserting that her department acted swiftly and received commendation from state officials.
This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?
At least 59 people, including 21 children, have died in Kerr County, Texas, said Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha during a Sunday press conference.
Records reveal FEMA repeatedly granted Camp Mystic’s appeals to remove buildings from flood hazard zones, years before the deadly floods killed 27.
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Fox Weather on MSNPhotos, videos reveal disastrous damage across Kerr County, Texas after deadly flash floodAs a deadly "flood wave" swept through Kerr County, Texas, on the Fourth of July, miles and miles of damage were left behind.
Kerr County officials report 96 dead and 161 missing after Texas Hill ... “People coming here to see the flood damage are making our jobs much harder,” said Sgt. Jonathan Lamb of the ...
Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system, including failing to secure roughly $1 million US for a project to better ...
Since 2018, Kerr County officials submitted no other grant applications for flood warning systems to the state emergency management office, according to Mr. Rapaport.
This page is a summary of news on Texas floods for Friday, July 11. For the latest news on the Texas flooding, read USA TODAY's coverage for Saturday, July 12. President Donald Trump on Friday said he’d never seen destruction from a disaster as bad as what he saw in Texas after he surveyed the damage of catastrophic flooding that tore across the state's Hill Country and as authorities and volunteers continued to search for the missing.