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Greg Abbott: “You can't prevent rain, but you can be prepared and…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Deadly Texas Flooding: Gov. Abbott update in Uvalde

Published | Video Starts at 18:32

And 2, 1 or 2 inches of rain could provoke another emergency like this. Is there any plan to prevent another like situation like this? Because it's probably going to happen. Right. So for one You can't prevent rain, but you can be prepared and responsive to it. as well as to prepare communities to reduce flooding. If you look at some of the measures that were taken after flooding last year, especially in the Kerr county area, there were some homes and some other property that was removed from the floodplain. (18:32–18:36)

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Asserts that while rain cannot be prevented, preparedness and responsiveness are possible.

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