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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Terri Langford, Dan Keemahill and Hayden Betts

Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?

Trees are bent around the pier of a bridge on Louise Hays Park in Kerrville on July 5, 2025.
Trees are bent around the pier of a bridge in Louise Hays Park in Kerrville on July 5, 2025, the day after cataclysmic floodwaters swept through Kerr County. (Credit: Brenda Bazán for The Texas Tribune)

In the week after the tragic July 4 flooding in Kerr County, several officials have blamed taxpayer pressure as the reason flood warning sirens were never installed along the Guadalupe River.

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