Nearly 100 days after the July floods, some Kerrville-area families say they are still living with the trauma of that day and facing an uncertain future after learning they will not receive the FEMA assistance they hoped would help them rebuild.<\/p>\n
Nearly 100 days after the July floods, some Kerrville-area families say they are still living with the trauma of that day and facing an uncertain future after learning they will not receive the FEMA assistance they hoped would help them rebuild. (SBG San Antonio)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In Kerr County, flood damage has left some homes unlivable, forcing families to find temporary places to stay while they try to figure out what comes next.<\/p>\n
Vanessa Rivera said she remembers the water rising and fearing her family would not make it out.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we started praying and committed ourselves to God,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n
Rivera\u2019s family is among those denied FEMA Individual Assistance, leaving them without what they see as a clear path to rebuilding.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we could get something that can help us, we will be so thankful,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n
A short distance away, Liz Ayala said she is speaking up for her disabled parents, Brena and Alfredo, who she said lost everything during the flood. Ayala is urging Gov. Greg Abbott to appeal FEMA\u2019s denial.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we are lost, we don’t know what we’re going to do,\u201d Ayala said.<\/p>\n
Ayala said the home had been given to her parents by her grandmother, who lived there for more than 60 years. She said her parents are now staying with her sister.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow my parents are staying with my sister in a 1200 foot square home. They are crowded. There is six people in that home. They cannot move forward because they’re on a fixed income. They can’t afford to move to another home,\u201d Ayala said.<\/p>\n
Kerr County Commissioner Rich Paces said the FEMA denial has left many residents without direct aid. He also said there is still a need for debris cleanup, but the county cannot move forward without funding.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have so many individuals that need help. The damage was far worse this time than it was last time. I can’t explain why it’s been denied, other than perhaps it’s because there was such widespread flooding and damage in so many different counties and areas in need,\u201d Paces said.<\/p>\n
The governor\u2019s office said it and the Texas Division of Emergency Management are reviewing FEMA\u2019s decision and the appeals process. Abbott\u2019s office also said Texas will deliver every necessary resource to communities impacted by the July storms and floods, though families still waiting to rebuild are left with questions about what help is coming and when.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 100 days after the July floods, some Kerrville-area families say they are still living with the trauma…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-475010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475010","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=475010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}