10-07-2025
- Climate
- Wall Street Journal
New Flood Warning System Greenlit Shortly Before Deadly Texas Disaster
A local agency that helps manage the Guadalupe River was in the process of setting up a software program to help Kerr County officials better assess flood threats three months before flash floods killed more than 110 people and left dozens missing, according to public records.
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority, which oversees the river winding through Kerr County in the Texas Hill Country, in April contracted with a company to create a 'dashboard' to aggregate disparate rainfall and other weather data so emergency managers could more readily spot a flood threat. The status of the contract, for $73,000, was unclear, and officials of the authority, a government agency, referred questions to the county, which declined to respond.
