FEMA records show Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones
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Colorado has sent Task Force 1 to Kerr County, Texas, to assist in searches and cleanup efforts along the Guadalupe River.
Since 2016, the topic of a "flood warning system" for Kerr County has come up at 20 different county commissioners' meetings, according to minutes. The idea for a system was first introduced by Kerr County Commissioner Thomas Moser and Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas in March 2016.
FEMA was activated after Trump signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Kerr County, where 59 people were killed by flash floods.
This part of Texas Hill Country is known for flash floods. Why were so many people caught off guard when the river turned violent?
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A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.
There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.
FEMA records show officials in Kerr County, Texas, did not use FEMA's system to send warnings to phones in the hours as the flooding began on July 4.
Over 12,000 volunteers have already assisted in Kerr County, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.