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What we know about Texas floods emergency alerts

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CBS News' Jason Allen has more on Kerr County's emergency alert system as more questions emerge about how Texans were notified ahead of the deadly floods.

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  • Some Kerr County residents did not receive code red emergency alerts until hours after flooding began.
  • John David Trollinger, who helped install the alert system, reported a significant delay in receiving notifications. 50s
  • The Kerr County Sheriff declined to comment on the alert system's deployment during the storm. 1m 55s
  • The Robertson family survived the flood without receiving any emergency alerts and were later rescued. 2m 19s
  • The incident has led to calls for answers regarding the effectiveness of emergency notifications. 2m 0s
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