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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees are bent around the pier of a bridge in Louise Hays Park in Kerrville on July 5, 2025, the day after cataclysmic floodwaters ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas — Former Commissioner Tom Moser told Kerr County officials back in 2016 that their flood warning system was "quite simply pretty antiquated" and "marginal at the best." The county ...

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, Texas – Archived minutes from a 2016 Kerr County Commissioners Court meeting indicate the conversation about implementing a flood warning system dates back years. Multiple outlets, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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