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Mr. Trump and Abbott promised to rebuild the devastated region, although the president recognized that what was lost can never be recovered.
President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter Friday, suggesting she is "evil," after she asked a question about whether the warning alert system for the devastating floods worked as well as it could have.
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
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WATE 6 On Your Side on MSNFollowing Texas floods, warning sirens get renewed attentionFollowing this weekend's devastating Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, and left at least two dozen still missing, outdoor warning sirens are now getting renewed attention.
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,
State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending flash flooding.
When deadly floods swept through Texas, the National Weather Service issued a series of warnings that should have automatically triggered alerts to be sent to cellphones as the Guadalupe River began to rise.
Center Point, Texas, RV park owner David Chambers said he was stunned not to have had a better warning as floodwaters rose.
Texas officials are being questioned about warning systems ahead of the deadly floods. As NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports, Kerr County doesn't have a county-wide siren warning system in place.