Texas officials deflect mounting questions about response to deadly flood


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  • Thursday, 10 Jul 2025

A vehicle drives through a road flooded by the waters of the Guadalupe River, at Camp Mystic, in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done more to warn people ahead of devastating flash flooding that killed at least 119 people on July 4.

At a morning news briefing in Kerr County, where the vast majority of victims died, Sheriff Larry Leitha defended the actions of emergency responders as the tragedy unfolded in the early morning hours on Friday.

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