Flood warning in effect for many Texas rivers
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New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than 100 people.
A flash flood warning was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX on Monday at 2:30 a.m. in effect until 5:30 a.m. The warning is for Johnson, Bosque and Hill counties.
On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,
Flood-prone Harris County has had a flooding warning system since the 1980s, but only about 14,000 of its 5 million residents are signed up to receive alerts.
The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming.
The H2i Lab recreated a map of the Kerr County floods, showing how high the water levels got at certain times during the morning of July Fourth.
President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people against natural disasters.