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Deadly Texas floods raise questions about emergency alerts and whether staffing cuts affected forecasts and warnings
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek ...
Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were ...
Emergency alert over shooting stirs anger in flood-hit Texas
The alert, a Blue Alert issued by the FBI, named Benjamin Song, 32, as the suspect wanted in the July 4 shooting of a police ...
As questions mount over Texas floods, a key decision-maker remains silent
Officials in Kerr County, where the majority of the deaths from the July 4 flash floods occurred, have yet to detail what ...
Texas town right next door to flood-ravaged county added new alert sirens last year — and nobody perished in July 4 storms
A small Texas town that recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster had recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...
After deadly Texas floods, why Oklahoma's emergency managers 'think of the worst' when preparing for storms
Flooding is the deadliest natural disaster facing Oklahomans, a threat far greater than tornadoes. In the United States, ...
‘It’s staggering’: Urgent search operations for flood victims stretch miles in Texas
Volunteers in Texas are searching for flood victims and combing through debris along a 30 mile stretch of the Guadalupe River ...
Texas Leads Nation in Flood Deaths Due to Geography, Size and Population
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them ...