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Poor coordination hampered flood response, Texas official tells lawmakers
Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority ...
Texas local official caught mocking DHS Secretary as 'Homeland Barbie' after deadly floods
Records show Kerrville city manager reportedly made controversial remarks about DHS Secretary Noem amid criticism of delayed ...
Two dozen experts set to testify at Texas lawmakers' Kerrville flood hearing ahead of the public
Texas lawmakers invited Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr., and City Manager Dalton Rice to ...
FEMA chief ‘can’t see anything that we did wrong’ in Texas flood response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting leader has adamantly defended the federal government’s response to historic ...
Texas Official Blames Forecasts for Delayed Floods Response
Models predicted a few inches of rain instead of the torrential onslaught that devastated Central Texas earlier this month, ...
Kristi Noem Derided as ‘Homeland Barbie’ by Texas Official After Deadly Flood
In the aftermath of deadly flooding in Texas over the July 4 holiday that claimed 137 lives, Noem faced criticism from Ken Pagurek, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) urban ...
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‘A long way to go:’ Texas official says better communication, oversight is needed to improve disaster response
During the first legislative hearing after historic flooding killed 137 people in Central Texas, state and regional leaders ...
Leaders of Texas town hit by floods frustrated over lack of answers from top emergency official
Ingram officials have been waiting to hear from Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator after feeling as if they were ...
‘That needs to change’ | Texas does not have minimum qualifications to be a local emergency manager
Firefighters, police, and EMS all need to undergo formal training and pass a test before hitting the street. People ...
FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...
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Fewer Than 100 Unaccounted For in Texas Flood as Officials Decry ...
The number of people missing after the devastating July 4 floods in Texas Hill Country has fallen below 100, Gov. Greg Abbott said on Monday. That marks a significant reduction from the 173 ...