Texas officials face questions about emergency alerts during floods

Texas officials are under scrutiny for their delayed notification of Kerrville residents during deadly flash floods that resulted in 96 confirmed deaths and over 160 missing, including many children from a local camp. Despite prior weather alerts, communication failures and a lack of urgency in emergency responses have raised concerns, prompting federal disaster assistance and extensive rescue efforts still ongoing.

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Texas is dealing with a serious situation after big floods caused many people to go missing and some to lose their lives, and now officials are being asked why they didn’t warn everyone sooner.

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