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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,
Over 100 people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to "catastrophic" flooding, the sheriff said.
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.
The death toll in the central Texas flooding is up to 119 people, 95 of them in Kerr County, including 36 children.
Two days before flash floods on the Guadalupe River in Texas killed dozens of campers at a Christian girls summer camp, a state inspector approved operations, noting there was a written plan for responding to natural disasters.
The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll grows.
More than 100 people have been confirmed dead since July 4, when the Guadalupe River in central Texas swelled overnight and triggered flash floods that swept through an area known locally as “Flash Flood Alley.
Along the Guadalupe River, volunteers are racing against time to find missing flood victims, with some bodies recovered by search dogs amid devastating floodwaters. While there's still hope in the Hill Country that survivors are still out here,