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93% voted ‘no confidence’ in chief over flood response

Austin American-Statesman · 12h

Austin fighters OK no-confidence resolution against chief over apparent delayed flood response

The resolution accuses Fire Chief Joel Baker of being slow to deploy mutual aid to Kerr County during the deadly July 4 flood.

KXAN Austin on MSN · 6h

Austin firefighters union: 93% voted ‘no confidence’ in chief over flood response

Read more <a href=" The Austin Firefighters Association has delivered a vote of no confidence in the Austin Fire Department’s chief, following accusations by top union leadership he delayed emergency response to deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country.

Austin firefighters say they have no confidence in Chief Joel Baker over flood response

Austin's firefighters union approved a vote of no-confidence in Chief Joel Baker on Friday. The Austin Firefighters Union overwhelmingly approved a vote of no-confidence in the fire chief Friday over a department policy members said prevented first responders from helping out ahead of the historic Hill Country floods.

3rd Austin girl confirmed

Austin American-Statesman on … · 11h

Third Austin girl confirmed as victim in Camp Mystic flooding

Abby, who was 8 years old and a student at Casis Elementary, is the third child from Austin confirmed to have died in the July 4 flood. At least 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — have died and more than 160 are still missing in Kerr County.

USA Today · 16h

See how the Texas floods unfolded and why Camp Mystic was in a hazardous location

Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 people.

The New York Times · 10h

Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic

It was 1932, just six years after Camp Mystic opened, when an early July rain began falling on the Texas Hill Country around the Guadalupe River. At first, it was a “lovely, gentle rain,” one person said at the time.

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In Austin-area trailer parks hit by floods, uninsured hope for federal aid

Although Kerr County has secured a federal disaster declaration, Austin-area flood survivors are awaiting federal aid.

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Austin, Texas fire chief accused of refusing to send special rescue team to flood zone over $800K dispute with state

The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic ...

From H-E-B to Kerbey Lane, here are the Austin-area businesses donating to flood relief

Stores and restaurants around town are giving money and distributing supplies to people affected by floods in Central Texas.

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Austin Congressman Greg Casar, other Democrats pushing for answers about FEMA response to Central Texas floods

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Congressman Greg Casar and several other Democratic lawmakers have sent letters to U.S. leaders in the ...

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Austin-area flood victims say warnings came late, failed to convey danger

As deadly floods swept through Central Texas, residents of Travis and Burnet counties say they weren't made aware of the ...

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Austin restaurants donating hot meals to flood victims this weekend

Joe Condit, the co-founder of FoodserviceIQ.com, will be one of the volunteers out Saturday donating hot meals from local ...

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Austin can't shake rain chances. Here's where flood risk persists in parts of Texas

Texas on Saturday faces an upper-atmosphere wave of low pressure that could trigger storms and an increasingly deep flow of ...

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Not everyone received — or heeded — Austin-area flood alerts. Here's why.

Alert fatigue may have led some residents to ignore warnings. Spotty cell service also could have kept some alerts from ...

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