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Greg Abbott: “The state was aware that there was a possible serious…”

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Governor Greg Abbott Addresses Texas Hill Country Flooding Crisis

Published | Video Starts at 31:01

Sure. So what your question is about what local officials knew, you'd have to ask them. Well, the state was aware of The state was aware that there was a possible serious flooding event days in advance and we pre-positioned assets and resources and personnel. And remember the flood began on Friday morning. We originally positioned those assets, resources and personnel on Wednesday. (31:01–31:14)

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Asserts that the state had prior knowledge of a serious flooding event and took preparatory actions.

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