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The July Fourth flood moved so quickly in the middle of the night that it caught many off guard in a county that lacked a warning system.
Death toll rises to 129 as battered communities face weekend of flash flood risks - Local officials were repeatedly denied state funding for emergency flood warning system at Camp Mystic site but didn
The death toll has now climbed to at least 129, making it America's deadliest rainfall-driven flash flood since 1976.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019
Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.
Some regions in the mid-Atlantic are also facing risks of flooding. On Sunday, Tropical Storm Chantal flooded parts of North Carolina, where more than 10 inches of rain fell near the Chapel Hill area. The Haw River, near Bynum, North Carolina, crested to nearly 22 feet, the highest crest on record there, as a result of those heavy rains.