Texas officials are facing mounting questions about when Kerrville’s residents were notified about deadly flash floods that killed 96 locals, with more than 160 others still missing.Asked about a possible police radio failure at a press conference on Thursday – almost a week after the 4 July flooding – Kerrville Police community services officer Jonathan Lamb said, “I don’t have any information to that point.”The questioning followed a tense exchange the day before when reporters asked officials repeatedly about a possible lag in emergency communications.Early on Friday, the Guadalupe River rose several metres in a matter of minutes, after an estimated 100bn gallons of rain. At least 120 people have died in the Texas Hill Country flash floods. Kerr County, which includes Kerrville, absorbed the brunt of the devastation, with 96 confirmed deaths, including 36 children, many of whom attended a nearby Christian camp.Kerr County officials have been pressed on the various reasons behind the tragedy. According to an audio recording obtained by an ABC News affiliate, a firefighter located upstream from Kerrville asked the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office to alert nearby residents about the rising water around 04:22 local time on 4 July. But, ABC News reported, Kerr County officials did not notify residents until nearly six hours later, after hundreds of people had been engulfed in floodwater.The first alert from Kerr County’s CodeRED system did not arrive until roughly 90 minutes later, the news outlet reported.”The Guadalupe Schumacher sign is underwater on State Highway 39,” the firefighter said in the dispatch audio obtained by ABC News. “Is there any way we can send …
