Trump, Texas and flooding
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Texas begins to mourn
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flood sirens could have saved lives in Texas
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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.
Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O' the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.
In the heart of Kerrville, hundreds gathered Thursday evening for a community vigil honoring the victims of the catastrophic Hill Country flooding — a disaster that has already claimed at least 103 lives in Kerr County, with more than 100 still missing.
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More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
A United Cajun Navy commander leads flood recovery efforts in his hometown of Kerrville, Texas, where 121 people died in catastrophic flooding.
"I hope that everyone knows, prayers work and God is still out there," Kerrville resident Donna Ragsdale said.
During a Kerrville roundtable event, a reporter asked President Trump about comments from upset families who said that alerts did not go out in time and could have saved lives. President Trump responded that "only a very evil person would ask a question like that,
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A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.