US EditionEmergency recordings and videos detail the chaotic rescue efforts during the deadly Texas floods
KERR COUNTY, TEXAS, AUG 8 – Delayed flood warnings and an outdated alert system contributed to 136 deaths, including over 24 children at Camp Mystic, amid rapid overnight flooding in Kerr County, Texas.
- The Associated Press assembled a chronology of first responder communications, warnings and survivor videos, as questions have been raised about why top emergency officials weren’t involved sooner during the floods in the Hill Country of Central Texas.
- At 1:14 a.m., a flash flood warning went out but some residents received no notice due to spotty cellphone service, and Kerr County lacked an updated warning system.
- Dispatchers received calls about people in backyards hanging onto trees, and a U.S. Geological Survey river gauge near Hunt recorded almost 24 feet of water at 4:16 a.m.
- Residents and officials questioned why top emergency officials weren’t involved sooner, and fire rescuers’ request for a CodeRed alert at 4:22 a.m. fueled scrutiny of Kerr County’s alert system.
- Officials testified at a late-July legislative hearing that Kerr County’s flood warning system lacked updates and agencies missed funding opportunities, prompting lawmakers to seek response improvements.
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Daily Bulletin
Investigation shows chaos of deadly Texas floods through emergency recordings and videos
By CLAUDIA LAUER, GENE JOHNSON, JAMIE STENGLE and MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose. Firefighters and police raced to help, having little guidance on where or how. Top emergency leaders were asleep or out of town. Using recordings of first responder communications, weather service warnings, survivor videos and official testimony,…
Herald Bulletin
AP investigation shows chaos of deadly Texas floods through emergency recordings and videos
The Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4. The AP analyzed first responder recordings, weather service warnings, survivor videos and official…
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