Heavy rains in Texas pause search efforts for flood victims
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.
Kerr County issued CodeRed ahead of yesterday's flood threat, urging residents to stay safe during heavy rain possible rising water.
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Texas sent out 282 public safety alerts last year, six times more than in 2017. The state also leads the nation in alert opt-outs.
Climate scientists and weather experts are clear: the deadly floods in Texas earlier this month were an entirely natural tragedy, with off-the-charts rainfall levels coming from lingering moisture from a nearby tropical storm feeding off a steamy Gulf of America.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNKerr County search and rescue operations paused again on Monday due to rainAlthough a new round of floods elsewhere prompted emergency rescues Sunday, no injuries or deaths were reported.
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As search and recovery efforts continue following the deadly floods, NWS warns of isolated flash floods due to the possibility of heavy rain this weekend.⛈️
A small Texas town that recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster had recently upgraded its emergency alert system — the kind of setup state, county and federal officials
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The Texas Tribune on MSNWeather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings.
Organizers say a planned candlelight vigil scheduled for this evening in Hunt for victims of the flood has been cancelled due to the threat of more rain in the area. The heaviest rain has now moved southeast along a line from Hondo to San Antonio to Austin.