Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a better flood warning system back in 2017, but local officials struggled to get help from the state to pay for it, the Houston Chronicle reported ...

Trees are bent around the pier of a bridge in Louise Hays Park in Kerrville on July 5, 2025, the day after cataclysmic floodwaters swept through Kerr County. (Brenda Bazán/The Texas Tribune) (The ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas – Kerr County Commissioners held a meeting on Monday morning to discuss several topics, including the implementation of an outdoor flood warning system. Kerr County suffered ...

After years of unsuccessful attempts to finance and build a public alarm network that would warn residents of Kerr County, Texas, about dangerous flooding, officials in the region, nicknamed "flash ...

Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue. Search-and-rescue efforts after ...

In his first press conference after the deadly floods last weekend, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said unequivocally that the area did not have an emergency alert system. "We have no warning system," he ...

Years before the flooding took more than 90 lives in Kerr County, Texas, local officials knew residents faced threats from rapidly rising water. They started planning a flood warning system, one that ...

Damage along the Francisco Lemos Street Bridge after deadly Hill Country floods on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Copyright 2025 by KSAT - All rights reserved.) KERR ...

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