This story highlights the human toll of natural disasters and the urgent need for better emergency planning. With climate change increasing extreme weather events, how governments respond—and whether they learn from past failures—directly impacts lives. For Texans still recovering, this forum is a chance to demand accountability and push for change.

Texas legislators tasked with making the state more prepared for floods meet with local officials and survivors of the July Fourth floods in Kerrville, Texas, where most of the fatalities occurred.

Texas lawmakers held a forum to discuss flood preparedness, meeting with local officials and survivors of the deadly July Fourth floods in Kerrville. Attendees shared their grief and raised concerns about the state's response to the disaster, which claimed multiple lives.

Hundreds of Texans share grief and question flood response at lawmaker forum

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