At least 95 dead in Kerr County, Texas
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In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.
Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100.