Guadalupe River, flood
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Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
Jaque White and her five children escaped the rising waters of the Guadalupe River just in time. Now they have to rebuild.
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
As the search for victims continues, county officials say "additional resources" are being deployed as the "mission efforts become more technical."
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Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have prevented loss of life on July 4?
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.
This isn't the first time flooding along the Guadalupe River has claimed lives. Jim Moore was a reporter who covered an eerily similar flood nearly four decades ago.
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Miriam "Holly" Frizzell of Abilene was remembered for her vibrant life and love of the normally tranquil Guadalupe River.
Newly released satellite images reveal catastrophic damage caused by the Hill Country floods along the Guadalupe River.
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