US EditionA Small Texas Community Where Everyone Survived Flooding Has Sirens that Warned Them
KERR COUNTY, TEXAS, JUL 7 – Kerr County officials declined siren-based flood warnings over budget concerns despite repeated proposals, contributing to 68 local deaths during rapid Guadalupe River flooding, officials said.
- Catastrophic floods surged through Kerr County, Texas, last week causing 81 deaths, including at least 28 children.
- The flooding followed long-standing debates and failed funding efforts for a flood warning system and sirens in Kerr County.
- Despite a flash flood warning issued three hours prior by the National Weather Service, Kerr County lacked sirens and flood detection systems, complicating alerts.
- State Senator Paul Bettencourt plans to reintroduce House Bill 13 to reinstate civil defense sirens focused on flood-prone river valleys.
- Local officials pledge a full review to improve future preparedness amid public demands for better warning systems after failures in Kerr County.
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A small Texas community where everyone survived flooding has sirens that warned them
Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began to swell.
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Deadly Texas flooding - could better funding have saved lives?
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Texas flood victims received hours of critical warning through emergency mobile alert system
In the event of a disaster, a mobile phone may be the first to alert someone. With Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs), customers of telecommunications companies including Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T receive urgent messages from government agencies during critical situations such as tornadoes, flash floods or AMBER Alerts. FEMA said the messages show the type and time of the alert, any action people in the impacted area should take, and the agency i…
Many lives could have been saved if there had been an alert system along the Guadalupe River.
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