Death toll from flooding in Kerr County climbs to 103
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Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.
A memorial service was held in Kerr County, Texas on Friday to honor the victims and those still missing from flooding that recently struck the region.
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed because they needed special authorization.
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.
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New audio reveals what Kerr County first responders were hearing and acting on during the critical first few hours of the devastating floods. | Click to listen
Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a few weeks later.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNWeather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.