Alerts Stayed Silent as Flash Flood Swept Victims in Central Texas
Officials, emphasizing their focus on the recovery operations, have been reluctant to detail their alert and emergency preparedness efforts in the lead-up to the deadly disaster. But what's known for certain is that despite the area's history of deadly deluges, it lacked public alarms or warning sirens — partly due to the expense required to set them up — that could have woken people up and sent them to higher ground. Read more from Brian K Sullivan, Kara Carlson, and Joe Lovinger today on CityLab: No Alerts Heard in Deadly Texas Flash Flood as 161 Still Missing
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