Texas floods death toll could rise
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Texas flooding update from Kerr County Jul. 10, 10 a.m.
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Most summers, Kerrville, Texas, draws crowds for its July 4 celebration. This year, the streets are filled with emergency responders.
Public officials in the area have come under repeated criticism amid questions about the timeline of what happened and why widespread warnings were
Trump plans to tour Texas flood damage as the scope of the disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA
During his first weekend back in the White House, Trump again visited North Carolina to scope out Helene damage and toured the aftermath of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. But he also used those trips to sharply criticize the Biden administration and California officials.
Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.
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Flash floods last week in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, reaching three stories high in just two hours.
Jonathan McComb lost his wife and children in 2015 flooding in Wimberly, Texas, 80 miles east of Kerrville. Since then, he felt called to join search-and-rescue efforts in Texas.
Volunteers combing through debris piles from the devastating Central Texas flooding had to sniff out decaying bodies in the “chaotic” initial days of the search-and-rescue efforts.
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,