Flood warning in effect for many Texas rivers
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Flood warnings have also been issued along the Frio River, which is "forecast to reach major flood stage" on July 14
The owner of Camp Mystic has been accused of failing to evacuate campers until an hour after the first official alert warning of oncoming catastrophic Texas floods.
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Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River.
In what experts call "Flash Flood Alley," the terrain reacts quickly to rainfall steep slopes, rocky ground, and narrow riverbeds leave little time for warning.
Survivors have described the floods along the Guadalupe River as a “pitch black wall of death” and said they received no emergency warnings.
Heavy rainfall has overwhelmed multiple low water crossings and areas along the Guadalupe River, local authorities reported.
On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,
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Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
As the National Weather Service (NWS) issued fresh flash flood warnings for Texas on Sunday, emergency crews were forced to suspend their operations
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Kerr County Struggles With Funding As Flood Risks RiseKerr County failed to fund a life-saving flood warning system due to denied grants and federal cuts, exposing residents to rising risks from extreme weather. The post Kerr County Struggles With Funding As Flood Risks Rise appeared first on weather-fox.