10 h. ago The Guadalupe River in Texas surged 26 feet in just 45 minutes. It caught everyone off guard

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

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22 h. ago Heartbreaking video shows Camp Mystic girls having fun hours before floods swept dozens to their deaths

The all-girls Christian camp near the Guadalupe River, Texas , was hosting 750 girls for the summer when a heavy deluge on Friday night swept away the camp in the dead of night.

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27 h. ago Texas teen describes harrowing escape from floodwaters near Guadalupe River: 'There was nowhere to go'

Riata Schoepf, 19, waded through chest-deep waters in the dead of night before she was rescued by a group of strangers who had found respite on the second floor of a two-story home.

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29 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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30 h. ago Texas flash floods kill more than 100 people as more victims expected

Girls summer camp Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors dead as more rain threatens to deluge regionTexas floods – latest updatesBy late afternoon on Monday the death toll from the flash floods that have wreaked devastation in Texas since Friday had exceeded 100 and is expected to rise further as more victims are found and more rain threatens to deluge the region. Camp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Texas flash floods: more rain forecast as death toll passes 100

Girls summer camp Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors dead The death toll from the flash floods that have wreaked devastation in Texas since Friday has passed 100 and is expected to rise further as more victims are found and more rain threatens to deluge the region.Camp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Texas flood victim's chilling final text before river washed house away revealed

Joyce Badon, 21, was spending the July 4 holiday with three friends at a house by the Guadalupe River when the horrific storm hit Texas and they were washed away

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36 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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38 h. ago Haunting final text message of missing Texas flood victim, 21, moments before the house she was staying in with friends was washed away at 4am

As the raging Guadalupe River burst its banks and wreaked havoc in central Texas, a young woman named Joyce Badon sent a haunting text message that may have been her last.

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40 h. ago Texas floods victims aged 11 and 13 sent family heartbreaking three word text before dying with 'hands locked together': 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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40 h. ago Texas’s Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floods

Camp says the search continues for missing people while life-threatening flooding still remains a threat Texas floods – latest updatesCamp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died in the flash floods that have wreaked devastation on the area since Friday.“Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,” a statement on the camp website read.Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Brits face huge £5,900 fine during Spain holidays for missing 'urgent' new health rule

Spain has introduced a new rule for tourists which has caught many holidaymakers off guard this summer, as failure to comply could result in huge fines for British travellers

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42 h. ago Moment entire cabin full of people swept downriver in Texas flooding

Footage shows a cabin full of people being swept down the Guadalupe River in Hill County, Texas, as deadly flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 82 people.

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44 h. ago Pope Leo extends condolences to Texas flood victims: ‘We pray for them’

US-born pontiff addresses probably the deadliest natural disaster in his home country since assuming role in MayPope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced his sympathies for the families whose lives have been upended by the flooding in Texas’s Hill Country, which left about 80 dead – many of them children – and others missing.After reciting Angelus prayers at the Vatican, the American-born pontiff remarked in English: “I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters who were in a summer camp in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Texas floods live: 82 people dead, officials say, as Trump declares major disaster

Rescuers still searching for missing people, including 10 girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryOfficials have said waters in some parts of Texas are starting to recede to where they were before the storm.The Guadalupe River near Kerrville – which surged by more than 20 feet within 90 minutes during the downpour — is, according to CNN, back down to just a foot or two higher than its level before the flood. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Texas floods live: at least 78 people dead, officials say, as Trump declares major disaster

Rescuers still searching for missing people, including 10 girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryOfficials have said waters in some parts of Texas are starting to recede to where they were before the storm.The Guadalupe River near Kerrville – which surged by more than 20 feet within 90 minutes during the downpour — is, according to CNN, back down to just a foot or two higher than its level before the flood. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Texas floods: at least 78 people dead, officials say, as Trump declares major disaster

Rescuers still searching for missing people, including 10 girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryOfficials have said waters in some parts of Texas are starting to recede to where they were before the storm.The Guadalupe River near Kerrville – which surged by more than 20 feet within 90 minutes during the downpour — is, according to CNN, back down to just a foot or two higher than its level before the flood. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Photos of the flooding aftermath along the Guadalupe River in Texas

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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57 h. ago Texas floods: at least 70 people dead, officials say, as Trump declares major disaster

Hundreds of rescuers searching for those missing in devastating floods including girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryOfficials have said waters in some parts of Texas are starting to recede to where they were before the storm.The Guadalupe River near Kerrville – which surged by more than 20 feet within 90 minutes during the downpour — is, according to CNN, back down to just a foot or two higher than its level before the flood. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Texas floods: at least 69 people dead, officials say, as Trump declares major disaster

Hundreds of rescuers searching for those missing in devastating floods including girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryOfficials have said waters in some parts of Texas are starting to recede to where they were before the storm.The Guadalupe River near Kerrville – which surged by more than 20 feet within 90 minutes during the downpour — is, according to CNN, back down to just a foot or two higher than its level before the flood. Continue reading...

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