{"id":381589,"date":"2026-07-21T23:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381589\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:16:25","slug":"abbott-says-flood-warning-systems-saved-lives-signals-more-investment-next-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/381589\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott says flood warning systems saved lives, signals more investment next legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) \u2014 Gov. Greg Abbott said early warning systems and flood sirens helped save lives during last week’s Hill Country flooding and indicated expanding those systems will be a priority during the next legislative session.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a news conference in Kerrville on Monday, Abbott said local officials reported that warning systems installed or improved following the devastating July 2025 floods played a key role in alerting residents ahead of this year’s flooding.<\/p>\n

“The early warning systems have helped,” Abbott said. “We all acknowledge that there’s more to get done to make sure that the entire warning process is going to be complete.”<\/p>\n

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Abbott said state lawmakers will continue working to strengthen flood preparedness across Texas.<\/p>\n

“And those are the kinds of issues that we will take up in the next session to make sure that we fully address,” he said.<\/p>\n

The governor’s comments came after he was asked whether the state plans to provide additional funding to expand flood sirens, particularly in areas along waterways vulnerable to flash flooding.<\/p>\n

Abbott said local officials in and around Kerrville credited sirens and other early warning systems with helping residents receive timely alerts before floodwaters rose.<\/p>\n

He also emphasized that emergency preparedness by state and local officials, along with residents responding to warnings, contributed to reducing the number of lives lost during this year’s flooding.<\/p>\n

Flood warning systems became a major focus after the deadly July 2025 Hill Country floods, prompting state leaders and local communities to explore ways to improve emergency notification systems in flood-prone areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) \u2014 Gov. Greg Abbott said early warning systems and flood sirens helped save lives during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-381589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}