5 h. ago Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed more than 100 people, including at least 27 children and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp

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6 h. ago House swept away as flash flooding hits mountain village in New Mexico

Floodwaters have trapped people in their homes and cars in a mountain village that is a popular summer retreat in southern New Mexico, as monsoon rains triggered flash flooding and an entire house was swept downstream

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6 h. ago Flash flooding emergency in New Mexico triggers multiple rescues

‘Do NOT attempt to drive through the floodwaters. The current will carry away your vehicle!’ the National Weather Service says in warning

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7 h. ago Governor Abbott's response to reporter who asked 'who's to blame?' for deadly Texas floods

LIVE UPDATES: The Texas flash floods have consumed the lives of at least 111 people, with authorities warning the death toll is almost certainly going to continue to rise.

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8 h. ago New Mexico residents told 'seek higher ground' amid flash flood warning as Texas death toll climbs to 111

LIVE UPDATES: The Texas flash floods have consumed the lives of at least 111 people, with authorities warning the death toll is almost certainly going to continue to rise.

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9 h. ago Sickening new number of people still missing in the Texas floods revealed by Governor Greg Abbott

LIVE UPDATES: The Texas flash floods have consumed the lives of at least 111 people, with authorities warning the death toll is almost certainly going to continue to rise.

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10 h. ago Texas floods: more than 100 people dead and at least 161 still missing

Texas governor Greg Abbott said many people staying in state’s Hill Country still unaccounted for as questions mount over official response to disasterRescue crews continued on Tuesday to comb through parts of the Texas Hill Country devastated by catastrophic flash flooding over the Fourth of July weekend, but with more than 100 dead and hope fading for survivors, efforts have increasingly turned to search and recovery.As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll across the six affected counties surpassed 100. Most of the deaths were in Kerr county, where officials said 87 bodies had so far been recovered, including 56 adults and 30 children. Identification was pending for 19 adults and seven children with one additional person still unidentified, county sheriff Larry Leitha told a news conference. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Texas officials erupt at CNN reporter over 'slow response' claim as adorable girl's body is found: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: The Texas flash floods have consumed the lives of at least 108 people, with authorities warning the death toll is almost certainly going to continue to rise.

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13 h. ago Texas floods: more than 100 people dead as questions intensify over handling of disaster

At a press conference, authorities leading search efforts seemed to dodge questions about weather alert systemsRescue crews continued on Tuesday to comb through parts of the Texas Hill Country devastated by catastrophic flash flooding over the Fourth of July weekend, but with more than 100 dead and hope fading for survivors, efforts have increasingly turned to search and recovery.As of Tuesday morning, the death toll across the six affected counties surpassed 100. Most of the deaths were in Kerr county, where officials said 87 bodies had so far been recovered, including 56 adults and 30 children. Identification was pending for 19 adults and seven children with one additional person still unidentified, county sheriff Larry Leitha told a news conference. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Photos of Camp Mystic for girls after the deadly flash floods in Texas

Camp Mystic was overrun by flash flooding that started on Independence Day. Rapidly rising waters ripped through the century-old all-girls Christian summer camp, killing at least 27 people. Others are still missing.

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16 h. ago Little girl all alone in the world after Texas floods killed parents with two young brothers still missing: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: The Texas flash floods have consumed the lives of at least 105 people, with authorities warning the death toll is almost certainly going to continue to rise.

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16 h. ago How Texas flash floods burst into a deadly tide in mere hours

What began as a routine flood developed into a deadly disaster, with the death toll now in triple digits

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19 h. ago Stricken Texas floods survivor recalls seeing people 'die' in worst way... as new photos of Camp Mystic emerge: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: The Texas flash floods have consumed the lives of at least 104 people, with authorities warning the death toll is almost certainly going to continue to rise.

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19 h. ago Texas flooding: a visual guide to one of US state’s worst natural disasters

Over 100 people are believed dead, many of them children, after torrential rain and extreme flash floodingTexas floods – latest updatesWith more than 100 people dead, many of them children attending a Christian summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River, Friday’s extreme flash flooding that overwhelmed a sizeable chunk of central Texas will be recorded as one of the state’s worst ever natural disasters.The brunt of the tragedy was felt in Kerr county, where at least 27 children and counsellors were killed after a deluge of water described by one witness as a “a pitch-black wall of death” swept through the all-girl Camp Mystic on the river’s south fork. About 750 young campers were celebrating the Fourth of July holiday. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn

Cuts and chaos instigated by Trump come as threat from extreme weather grows due to human-caused climate crisisThe deadly Texas floods could signal a new norm in the US, as Donald Trump and his allies dismantle crucial federal agencies that help states prepare and respond to extreme weather and other hazards, experts warn.More than 100 are dead and dozens more remain missing after flash floods in the parched area known as Texas Hill Country swept away entire holiday camps and homes on Friday night – in what appears to have been another unremarkable storm that stalled before dumping huge quantities of rain over a short period of time, a phenomena that has becoming increasingly common as the planet warms. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Dozens feared dead as flash floods and landslides rip through Himalayas in northern India

Search operation underway to find missing people as Met Department issues rain warning

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27 h. ago Volunteers flock to help search efforts after Texas floods even as officials warn them away

Flash flooding in Texas Hill Country has triggered one of the largest rescue operations in the state’s history

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30 h. ago Texas Senator seen holidaying in Europe as flood death toll reaches 100

Senator Ted Cruz was allegedly spotted touring Europe as the death toll from catastrophic flash floods in Texas continued to climb after a river swelled and ripped through summer camps

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32 h. ago Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding

Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics sayTed Cruz has had quite a week. On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting.Cruz, who infamously fled Texas for Cancun when a crippling winter storm ravaged his state in 2021, was seen visiting the Parthenon in Athens with his wife, Heidi, on Saturday, a day after a flash flood along the Guadalupe River in central Texas killed more than 100 people, including dozens of children and counselors at a camp. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Texas floods latest: At least 104 dead as search for victims continues amid new weather warnings

Threat from rain and flooding continues throughout central Texas on Monday, as White House declares major disaster

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