Texas, Kerr County and floods
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Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.
Areas badly damaged by July 4th flooding in Texas Hill Country are on alert for a new flash flooding threat through the weekend.
Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.
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.
The reporter said that several families were angry because they felt that alerts for the flood did not go out in time.
The Houston Texans were the first to announce their donations on Saturday, July 5, with more coming throughout the week. The Dallas Cowboys and the NFL Foundation joined the Texans on Sunday, July 6, with each contributing $500,000 in a $1.5 million total donation.
At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed emergency alerts, saying that an "after-action" would follow the search and rescue efforts. "Those questions are gonna be answered," he added.