Texas lawmakers confront flood response failures
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A dog that went missing during the floods in Central Texas earlier this month was found alive with help from a trackable GPS collar.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced SNAP replacement benefits extensions following the Texas floods through August 18. “The State of Texas continues to support Texans impacted by the recent catastrophic flooding so they can care for themselves and their families,
Shelters in Central Texas are still searching and helping animals who have been displaced since the catastrophic flooding.
KUT's Kailey Hunt was reporting near Big Sandy Creek in northwestern Travis County when a crew of search and rescue workers discovered the body of one of the people missing from the devastating July 5 floods.
The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict, officials said Wednesday.
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FOX 7 Austin on MSNFirst Texas flood hearing reveals gap in disaster trainingAUSTIN, Texas - The first of several legislative hearings into the Fourth of July flooding took place on Wednesday. The hearing involved a rare joint meeting of House and Senate committees that are trying to determine how to improve disaster planning and response.
Abbott has tasked lawmakers with redrawing congressional districts mid-decade. The move follows a U.S. Department of Justice letter to state leaders that said three Houston districts and a Fort Worth area district are “unconstitutional ‘coalition districts’” because they’re racially drawn.
The flash floods that killed at least 135 people in Texas' Hill Country was the main topic during the opening of a special legislative session in the state on Monday.
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Officials in Ingram, Texas, which was hit hard by the July 4 floods, have urgent questions for their county’s emergency management coordinator.