Trump Will Visit Texas to Survey Flood Damage
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump has talked about "getting rid of."
The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC News analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data, satellite imagery and risk modeling.
NBC News correspondent Morgan Chesky was born and raised in Kerrville, Texas, and has been covering the devastating flooding in the region. His mother, Karen, and stepfather, Michael, had to evacuate their home on July 4th only to return to find the body of a young girl in the trees.
FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.
NBC has delayed the Hurricane Ian episode of its new documentary TV series “Survival Mode,” according to a show spokeswoman.
Insurance industry experts say we're underinsured when it comes to flooding, and the the latest disaster highlights an insurance gap for many Texans.
"I couldn't fall back asleep because, like, I just had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen." Lucy Kennedy had been asleep in her bunk at Camp Mystic, a roughly 750-person summer camp,
Jenna Bush Hager got emotional during the Monday, July 7 episode of her daytime talk show while talking about how she dropped her daughters off at a summer camp in Texas following the fatal floods at another camp in Texas,