At least 95 dead in Kerr County, Texas
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Over 35,000 signed a petition urging Kerr County to install flood warning sirens after flash flooding killed at least 100 people on July 4.
Since 2016, the topic of a "flood warning system" for Kerr County has come up at 20 different county commissioners' meetings, according to minutes. The idea for a system was first introduced by Kerr County Commissioner Thomas Moser and Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas in March 2016.
Crews continue searching for victims a day after Gov. Greg Abbott said as many as 161 people could still be missing.
As of the end of the day Tuesday, there were still five Camp Mystic campers and one counselor unaccounted for, with identification pending for 19 adults and seven children. Another child not associated with the camp is also missing.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNWeather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings.
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Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.
Questions mounted about what, if any, actions local officials took to warn campers and residents who were in the scenic area long known to locals as “flash flood alley.”
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A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.