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Texas Emergency Official Speaks Out amid Questions About His Whereabouts as Deadly Floods Hit

William B. Thomas IV, the Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator, made his first public comments about the flooding disaster during a joint hearing held by the Texas Senate and House’s select committees on disaster preparedness and flooding on Thursday, July 31.

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As Texas Floods Swept Campers Away, A Top Official Didn't Show Up. Another Was Asleep.

"Everyone was here that day working their ass off, and you were nowhere to be found," Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly.

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County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

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Search for answers after Texas’ deadly floods brings lawmakers to devastated Hill Country

Texas lawmakers searched for answers during a hearing on the deadly July 4 floods that overwhelmed Kerr County in a matter of ...

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A rural Texas county was missing some of its key leadership in the initial hours of flood crisis

Texas lawmakers began questioning local Kerr County officials over their preparedness and response to the deadly July 4 ...

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‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help

Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.

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Texas flood survivors decry lack of aid, ‘toxic pit’ conditions in special session

Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, ...

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Experts say Texas is ignoring root cause of deadly July floods: unregulated development

Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts ...

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