Texas officials at both state and county levels failed to address complaints about an outdated warning system, which had gone unheeded for ten years. Following the Guadalupe River flooding on July 4, 161 individuals remain missing, and the confirmed death toll stands at 111. Among the missing are campers from Camp Mystic. Reports revealed a state-approved emergency plan was only established two days prior to the flood, despite multiple discussions about updating the warning system since 2016. The situation has drawn parallels to the inadequate responses during Hurricane Katrina.
'The flood system, as reported, was considered antiquated a decade ago. You had not only the people of Kerrville... ignore these very clear signals that people's lives were in danger.'
'If the warnings over the past decade had been listened to by politicians in Texas... then this tragedy could have been so less worse, so less tragic.'
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