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County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

At a hearing in hard-hit Kerr County, an emergency management coordinator for the first time explained his whereabouts when the Guadalupe River burst its banks.

© Callaghan O'Hare for The New York Times

Kerr County officials testified at a hearing held in Kerrville by a select committee of the Texas Legislature.
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