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AUSTIN, Texas — During a hearing at the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, lawmakers got a new timeline of the state's response leading up to the deadly flooding in the Hill Country earlier this month. Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Department of Emergency ...
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In the early days of July, pieces of weather systems were converging to create a disaster over Texas Hill Country that would transform the Guadalupe River into a monster raging out of its banks in the pre-dawn hours of July 4, claiming the lives of more than 129 people. At least 160 are still missing.
Three days after tragedy struck central Texas on the morning of July 4 with a deadly flash flood that has killed at least 82 people, a timeline of events has begun to come into focus. An unknown number remain missing, including girls attending a summer camp.
Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Department of Emergency Management, spoke before lawmakers, laying out a timeline of notifications leading up to the flooding.