FEMA's director defends the response to Texas flooding
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The flash floods that killed at least 135 people in Texas' Hill Country was the main topic during the opening of a special legislative session in the state on Monday.
While search efforts continue for the few missing in the Texas Hill Country, state officials met to evaluate the response to the deadly July 4 flood.
The joint committee of state legislators assembled by Gov. Greg Abbott to address the flooding in the Hill Country and Central Texas is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, as part of the special session.
A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in phone-based emergency warning systems, according to experts and the bill’s authors.
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