Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday introduced legislation seeking to modernize weather radio systems after deadly Texas flashfloods recently raised alarms that emergency communications had failed to prevent the loss of life.

The floods along the Guadalupe River in central Texas occurred over the July 4 holiday weekend, leading to the deaths of over 130 people, the majority of them in Kerr County, where 27 campers and counselors from a local all-girl summer camp lost their lives.

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