9 h. ago The disastrous Camp Mystic safety plans signed just days before catastrophic Texas flood revealed

State inspectors approved Camp Mystic's emergency planning just two days before devastating floods took the lives of 27 campers and counselors.

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12 h. ago Texas floods latest: 111 dead, 173 missing as state reveals Camp Mystic emergency plan approved 2 days before catastrophe

With at least 161 still missing in Kerr County, Governor Greg Abbott fears more could soon be ‘added to that list’

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18 h. ago Texas floods latest: Over 110 dead and 173 still missing as Camp Mystic’s disaster plan ‘approved days before flood’

At least 161 people remain missing in Kerr County alone, which has seen no rescues since Friday

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25 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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26 h. ago Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly children, at the Texas summer camp

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26 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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27 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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36 h. ago Hope of finding Texas flood survivors dims as search efforts go on

Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100

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50 h. ago Counselor reveals heartbreaking sight after she delivered last surviving Camp Mystic children to parents... as those left realized the worst

Camp Mystic counselor Holly Kate Hurley, 19, recalled how the Texas flood' 'wiped away' cabins and described the heartbreaking sight of parents desperately searching for their kids.

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57 h. ago Camp Mystic survivor, 13, reveals awful first sign that something was terribly wrong, as death toll shoots up further: Live updates

Blair, 13, and Brooke Harber, 11, were found dead with their 'hands locked together' after the catastrophic Guadalupe River flood ravaged the Texas Hill Country.

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61 h. ago Myanmar earthquake: Remembering 100 days on from a catastrophic disaster

The response to the emergency appeal for Myanmar has been inspiring, with £2.3 million raised in Scotland and £26m UK wide, but more is needed as country tries to recover and build for the future, writes Madara Hettiarachchi.

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5 d. ago This Fourth of July, the world declares its independence from America | Stephen Marche

The lesson the Americans once taught the British, they are teaching the rest of the world: there are no permanent global ordersThis year, like every other year, Americans will celebrate Independence Day with flag-waving, and parades, and fireworks. The political system the flag and the parades and fireworks are supposed to represent is in tatters, but everybody likes a party. It was 249 years ago, when the United States separated from the British Empire. Over the past year it has separated from the world order it built over those 249 years, and from basic sanity and decency as well. For Americans, the madness gripping their country is a catastrophe. For non-Americans, it is an accidental revolution. This Independence Day, the world is declaring its independence from the US.As the United States retreats from the world, it is reshaping the lives of its former trading partners and allies, leaving huge holes in its wake. For Canada, where I live, the sudden absence of a responsible Unit...

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