Texas Floods: Challenges in Preparedness and Response
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Texas, despite being highly disaster-prone due to its geography and climate, shows a pattern of under-preparedness and resistance to proactive disaster mitigation, driven by political ideologies favoring limited government and fossil fuel interests, which hampers efforts to improve warning systems and climate resilience.
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- Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County? The Texas Tribune
- Latest updates: Texas floods death toll, ongoing search for missing and Trump visit The Independent
- How flood sirens could have saved lives in Texas NPR
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