Recovering Dead in Texas’s Flash-Flood Alley
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Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.
Heavy rain poured over parts of central Texas, dumping more than a month's worth of rain for places like San Angelo.
Texas Hill Country is no stranger to extreme flooding. In the rugged, rolling terrain it’s known for, heavy rains collect quickly in its shallow streams and rivers that can burst into torrents like the deadly flood wave that swept along the Guadalupe River on July 4.
CCTV has captured the moment Texas floods caused an estimated $1.5 million damage to a supercar auto shop — ruining eight Ferraris, a Jaguar and a Porsche. The Liberty Hill business, NG Supercars, was filled with up to 3 feet of water at around 4 a.
"Catastrophic" flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas from Hunt downstream to Comfort has caused at least 13 deaths, authorities said.
A Texas artist who previously designed caskets for Uvalde victims plans to do free custom-designed caskets Texas flooding victims
The catastrophe was caused by a perfect storm of difficult-to-forecast rainfall and fast-moving water. Some wonder if budget cuts made things worse.
Viral posts promoted false claims that cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, played a role in the devastation. Meteorologists explain it doesn't work that way.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas floods’ death toll climbs as authorities focus on recovering victims’ bodiesFirst responders struggled with difficult terrain as they continued search and recovery efforts. Officials have confirmed at least 106 people died in the Hill Country region, including 30 children and 56 adults in Kerr County.