At least 95 dead in Kerr County, Texas
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While sirens can help in areas with shaky cell service, experts say officials also need to consider alert fatigue and provide education on what to do in an emergency.
Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.
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The flash flooding deluged summer camps in Kerr County, dotted along the Guadalupe River, and also left families in Burnet, Kendall, Tom Green, Travis and Williamson Counties looking for family
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.
More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.
Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100.