Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system, including failing to secure roughly $1 million US for a project to better protect Kerr County’s 50,

Heavy equipment is tearing through massive debris piles in Kerr County as the search for the missing continues.

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.

KERR COUNTY, Texas — In the wake of deadly flash floods across central Texas, First Coast News' parent company, TEGNA, announced the creation of the TEGNA Texas Flood Relief Fund.

In 2021, Kerr County incorporated FEMA's Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) into CodeRED, so that messages could reach tourists and others not in the local database. The IPAWS system allows local officials to broadcast emergency messages and send text blasts to all phones in the area.

As floodwaters rose rapidly on the Guadalupe River in Texas early on July 4, there was no outdoor siren or warning alarm to alert people to the danger.Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, a top local government official,

Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump Administration, that kind of funding is drying up.

Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.