FEMA records show Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones
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Kerr County volunteers pause search and recovery efforts due to emergency alert. Community remains ready to resume once the danger passes.
Emergency crews have suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas amid new warnings that additional rain will again cause waterways to surge.
Colorado has sent Task Force 1 to Kerr County, Texas, to assist in searches and cleanup efforts along the Guadalupe River.
At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed emergency alerts, saying that an "after-action" would follow the search and rescue efforts. "Those questions are gonna be answered," he added.
FEMA was activated after Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County, where 59 people were killed by flash floods.
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings. Camp Mystic girls had a safe haven by the river for 100 years. Then, the ...
FEMA records show officials in Kerr County, Texas, did not use FEMA's system to send warnings to phones in the hours as the flooding began on July 4.
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Mid-Day on MSNIn Photos Donald Trump tours Texas flood damage as disaster tests his pledge to do away with FEMAPresident Donald Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn residents fast enough that a deadly wall of water was coming their way.