US EditionA decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps
KERR COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 10 – Repeated failures to secure $1 million in funding left Kerr County without a flood warning system before the 2025 flood that killed over 100 people, officials and experts said.
- Over the past decade, Kerr County and Texas agencies missed roughly $1 million in funding for a flood warning system near Camp Mystic, which contributed to a deadly flood on July 4th.
- The division twice rejected Kerr County's grant applications due to application deficiencies and federal specifications, hindering funding for the flood warning system.
- Data confirms that a low-cost, pre-disaster warning system with sirens could have saved over 100 lives at Camp Mystic, costing just under $1 million.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed legislators to consider flood warning programs in a special session, with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick pledging future funding for such projects.
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A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps
Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County, Texas.
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