An administrator for the Upper Guadalupe River Authority testified that they had twice applied for funds for an alert system in 2017 and 2018, but were denied. That administrator said that they tried again in 2024, but because of the low state matching funds, the authority decided not to move forward with the plan.

Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.

Two weeks after deadly floods swept through Texas, officials dropped the number of still-missing people in the hardest-hit area to three — down from nearly 160 in the days following the July Fourth weekend floods.

In summary, the UGRA wanted other community partners – namely Kerr County and the City of Kerrville – to help pay for it even thought they could afford it. Texas Rep. Drew Darby pointed out the UGRA had the resources to put in the new system without any help from grants or loans.

Ingram officials have been waiting to hear from Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator after feeling as if they were on their own during the devastating July 4 flooding.

It took just 90 minutes for the river to rise more than 30 feet. A look at the historic flood levels now etched into Central Texas history.

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.

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The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people.