Texas lawmakers repeatedly failed to pass flood protections. Some could have saved lives.

By: Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune, Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: May 9, 2026

Words: 3,755

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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KERR COUNTY — The sound of construction machinery filled the air as Kylie Nidever walked past properties ravaged months earlier by floodwaters.

Nidever’s home was among those in her Bumble Bee Hills neighborhood untouched by last year’s July 4 flood, one of the deadliest disasters in Texas history. The 35-year-old understood the draw of the tranquil Kerr County subdivision, where she played as a child in a nearby creek that fed the Guadalupe River. But …

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