Trump set to visit Texas
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A week after catastrophic floods tore across the Texas Hill Country, authorities and volunteers on the ground Friday are searching for over 160 missing people as residents in hard-hit areas mourn the dead. While it's not certain that Trump will give a speech, he's scheduled to appear in Kerrville, Texas, at 11:30 a.m. CT.
Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.
Roberto Marquez crafts a moving memorial for Hill Country flood victims, uniting the community in solidarity and healing.
Trump plans to tour Texas flood damage as the scope of the disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA
During his first weekend back in the White House, Trump again visited North Carolina to scope out Helene damage and toured the aftermath of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. But he also used those trips to sharply criticize the Biden administration and California officials.
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.
Kerr County repeatedly failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.