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Texas County’s Plea for Disaster Aid Meets Flood Crisis Head-On

Flash floods in Kerr County, Texas, have resulted in 110 deaths, including 27 children, marking the state’s deadliest flood since 1921. Another 161 people are still missing.
The Guadalupe River rose more than 30 feet in five hours, catching residents unprepared due to an outdated flood warning system lacking sirens and river gauges.
Kerr County’s requests for federal aid to upgrade their warning system were denied in 2017 and 2018 after Hurricane harvey devastated Texas, with funding priorities favoring larger cities like Houston.
A public controversy persists over who should fund disaster preparedness; state officials acknowledge gaps exposed by the flooding but federal resilience programs across the U.S.have been recently scaled back under President Donald Trump’s administration.
FEMA’s Building Resilient Communities Program (BRIC), which offered funding and technical assistance for disaster resilience, was terminated earlier this year reducing $750M-$900M promised grants nationwide. Communities now face difficulties adapting to climate-intensified disasters without financial resources or expertise.
Rural and less densely populated areas like Kerr County are disproportionately impacted due to limited access to preparedness funding and expertise from both state government initiatives or federal technical assistance.