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A week after deadly flash floods, as rescue turns to recovery, more than 160 people remain missing in Kerr County, Texas.
The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.
FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.
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The death toll in the July 4 Central Texas flooding rose to 103 on Friday as the search continued for those still missing.
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
A stretch of chain-link fence along the Guadalupe River in the Texas town of Kerrville has become a focal point for the community's grief.
Kerr County Flood Relief Fund raises $30 million in a week, distributes $5 million in initial grants
Eight days after devastating flash floods swept through Central Texas, the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced Thursday it has raised more than $30 million through the Kerr