Texas, Kerr County and flooding
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After devastating floods tore through Texas, a girls' softball team's willingness to compete brought light to a dark situation.
As of Tuesday, July 15, a total of 107 bodies have been recovered in Kerr County, 70 adults and 37 children, officials told KSAT 12. Meanwhile, the number of missing stands at 97, the same number Gov. Greg Abbott reported on Monday, July 14. The number is a sharp decrease from the 161 reported missing in Kerr County alone.
A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
The Kerr County Commissioners Court discussed installing early warning sirens as early as 2015, after a deadly flood on Memorial Day. To date, it still has not done so.
TEXAS, USA — Steve Edwards, a resident of Tom Green County, died in the historic flooding that swept through Kerr County Texas July 4, Tom Green County Dispatch confirmed.
As the water rises, so does the Kerr County community, especially one man who reunited a brother and sister, swept away in the flood.
The questions about a flood warning system before the deadly Central Texas floods continue. Some are shining the spotlight on a 2021 public meeting where county leaders debated whether to take $10 million from the Biden Administration, but what people are saying online and what actually happened are not the same.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNLIVE UPDATES | Texas flooding: Flash flood warning for parts of Kerr County, other countiesA Flash Flood Warning is in place this morning (July 15) for parts of Kerr, Bandera, Gillespie, Real and Uvalde counties.
The number of people missing in the Kerrville area due to the Fourth of July floods has been reduced to 97, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during a news conference on Monday.
State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.