The recently created state Senate and state House committee on disaster preparedness and flooding are set to hold its second meeting in two weeks on Thursday, July 31, 2025. (KSAT)
KERRVILLE, Texas – The recently created state Senate and state House joint committee on disaster preparedness and flooding held its second meeting in two weeks on Thursday meeting.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the formation of the joint committee on July 10, six days after deadly flooding in the Hill Country was responsible for the deaths of 108 people in Kerr County.
An additional nine bodies were recovered in Kendall County. During a Tuesday news conference, Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk said those bodies came from communities upstream.
According to the committee’s agenda, the members’ meeting began at 9:30 a.m. at the Hill Country Youth Event Center located at 3785 State Highway 27 in Kerrville.
The meeting’s topics of discussion included:
State and local response to the flash flooding on July 4
Meteorological data collection and modeling
Post-disaster mental health resources
More recent coverage of the Hill Country Floods on KSAT:
Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.