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Texas officials defend response to deadly floods: 'We saved as many people as we could'

State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem defends FEMA Texas flooding response after NYT reports slow response

The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes slowed the agency's deployment.

CNN · 14h

Disaster response under scrutiny after catastrophic Texas floods

Officials in Kerr County, Texas, are set to meet Monday as the region reels from devastating floods earlier this month — and after a new round of rain this weekend halted the search for dozens of people still missing from the disaster.

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Texas Failed to Spend Millions in Federal Aid for Flood Protection

Many states, including Texas, have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other ...

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Texas Democrats Greg Casar, Jasmine Crockett push for documents on federal flood response

The two members of the House Oversight Committee, along with the panel’s top Democrat, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia of California, ...

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Texas Democrat: Government failed ‘at every level’ amid deadly flooding

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said during a recent interview that the government failed “at every level” in preparation and response to the deadly flooding in Texas that has killed more than 120 ...

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FEMA search and rescue teams take days to reach Texas after flooding as agency faces overhaul

Multiple urban search and rescue teams from across the country that responded to the deadly floods in central Texas told CNN ...

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'Filled with grief and devastation’ : Trump surveys Texas flood damage. Live updates

President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one ...

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Texas flood: Kickoff meeting for Kerr County warning system project had been planned for mid-July

A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott adds flood response, disaster readiness to special session after deadly Central Texas floods

The special session agenda includes 18 legislative priorities, with several directly addressing the recent disaster.

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Challenge of predicting Texas floods and SCOTUS allows for mass federal layoffs: Morning Rundown

Plus, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act cuts in Donald Trump's domestic policy bill have rural hospitals considering what ...

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