Texans did not immediately receive flood alerts after request, audio reveals
A Texas firefighter, emergency flood warnings Kerr district residents asked if the first warnings can be sent about an hour before the first warnings.
Inside Records obtained by the USAThe firefighter asks if a coded warning will be given at 04:22 on July 4. The distribution officer says an supervisor should approve the request.
According to reports, some inhabitants received a warning after an hour – it lasted up to six hours for others. Asked about the delays, Kerr district Şerif Larry Leitha said that the authorities brought together a timeline.
Later, Donald Trump will visit Texas Hill, where floods killed at least 120 people and more than 160 people are lost.
Before his visit, US President expressed the support of flood alarms in Texas.
“After seeing this terrible incident, I imagine that you’ll put alarms in a way that they see a large amount of water or whatever they see,” NBC said.
“Everyone is doing a great job,” Trump also praised the emergency services and pointed to the fact that “local authorities were shot by this, just like everyone else.”
Estimated 100 billion Gallon Rain, the Guadalupe River on July 4 holiday weekend has led to a few meters in a few minutes.
Kerr County, which contains Kerrville, absorbed the brunt of the next flash flood, including 96 approved deaths – 36 children – most of them joined a nearby Christian camp, Camp Mystic.
In the recording of the referral call for the firefighter, the emergency response can be heard: “Guadalupe Schumacher sign is under water at the State Highway 39.
“Is there a way to send a coded path to our hunting residents, to find a higher floor or to stay at home?”
“Wait, we have to approve of this with our supervisor,” he replied.
The Texas News Room, who first reported about the sound, said some residents received a coded warning after about an hour.
ABC News’s partner can confirm that it is 05:34. According to Texas Tribune, the mayor of Kerrville did not receive a warning for 90 minutes.
More than one news organization reported that some messages did not arrive until 10:00.
On Wednesday, Sheriff Leitha, who asked questions about possible delays on emergency communication, said that he was first informed around the “four to five areas” and “we’re trying to put a timeline”.
“This will take some time,” he said at a news conference. “This is not my priority right now.”
Instead, he said he focused on finding the victims who define and define.
Kerr district officials, since the flood day has not saved anyone live, he says.
Air warnings came before the storm. The National Weather Service sent a few about Rain and possible floods that started after the afternoon and activated the state resources due to the concerns of the Texas Emergency Management Department (TEM).
The authorities did not give an idea about the intensity of the storm and public insensitivity for these warnings in the flooded area because of the lack of mobile phone service.
Trump signed a Federal Disaster Declaration at the request of the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott. This enabled the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be deployed to Central Texas and to open a disaster recovery center in Kerr County.
Rescue efforts contained more than 2,100 interventionists on the ground, special helicopters, drones, boats and cadaver detecting dogs. They are looking for losses and dead under the mounds of wrecks soaked with mud.
“These big piles (wreck) can be very obstructive, and entering the depths of these masses is very dangerous,” Texas Parks & Wildlife department said on Wednesday. He said.
“Extremely treacherous, time -consuming. A dirty job. He said.
