Overview

• At least 110 people are confirmed dead and 161 remain missing after renewed flash floods surged over flood stages on July 4
• A presidential disaster declaration has mobilized FEMA and Coast Guard resources to bolster overwhelmed responders in Kerr County
• At a Kerr County news conference, Gov. Greg Abbott dismissed questions of blame as the “word choice of losers” and urged a solution-focused approach
• Kerr County was denied a $1 million grant from the Texas Emergency Preparedness Department for flood warning upgrades, intensifying scrutiny of state funding
• State leaders have convened special legislative committees to review emergency alert failures and oversee installation of sirens and upstream river gauges