NewzLast month, torrential rain struck the Texas Hill Country, triggering a flood that exposed vulnerabilities in the state's warning system. Paul Welch monitored radar and rain gauges on RiverHub, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority’s new tracking website, before going to bed at midnight.
Despite feeling reassured by the tracking data, Welch received a phone call four hours later alerting him to the worsening flood conditions, highlighting the gaps between official technological tools and timely individual warnings during extreme weather events in the region.
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