Trump tours Texas flood damage
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Here are five key takeaways from the president's visit to Kerrville.
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill in the regular legislative session that would have improved local governments’ emergency communications infrastructure.
KERRVILLE, Texas – Volunteers are arriving in droves in Kerrville on Saturday to aid in flood recovery. The Texas Department of Emergency Management secured Tivy Antler Stadium as the official registration and check-in site for volunteers wanting to help the community this weekend.
Kerr County officials say they are still focused mainly on the search for survivors with hundreds still missing and weren't yet examining how the emergency response unfolded.
The president and first lady visited Kerrville to meet local officials and families of the victims of the recent flooding. Trump promised federal support, but his team emphasized the state's role.
KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.
Hours before a massive wall of floodwater barreled down a river in the heart of Texas Hill Country before sunrise on Friday, forecasters with the National Weather Service warned people that dangerous conditions were brewing.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNHelicopter emergency lands in Kerrville after being hit by private droneA helicopter involved in emergency operations was forced to land in Kerrville after a private drone struck it Monday afternoon.
Swift water rescue technicians from the Shreveport Fire Department have been in Kerrville, Texas for six days now. They were sent there to respond to the catastrophic Fourth of July flooding that happened in the Texas Hill Country.
It’s discouraging that during this time when we have such a loss of life, and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this,” Noem told NBC's Kristen Welker.