Texas, Kristi Noem and Flash flood
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As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster requests going into the Gulf of Mexico's hurricane season.
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State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might help in future floods.
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Noem takes heat on Texas amid doubts over FEMA flood responseThe editorial board of the state’s biggest newspaper compared the response effort to the debacle that followed Hurricane Katrina.
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Texas flooding: Ingram Church becomes lifeline during deadly Kerr County floodsA small church in Ingram, Texas, became the heart of emergency response efforts on July 4, when catastrophic flooding devastated Kerr County.
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A spokesman for Camp Mystic, the Texas enclave devastated by a July 4 flash flood, is raising concerns about communication failures during the disaster.
The threats come amid public scrutiny over whether more could have been done ahead of the July 4 storm, which has claimed at least 132 lives.
A large percentage of people still unaccounted for were probably visiting the area, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said.
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