Texas floods latest: 119 dead and over 170 missing as questions mount over response to catastrophe

Flooding fatalities could have been 'much worse,' police say Kerrville Police Sgt. Jonathan Lamb said the fatalities from Friday’s disastrous flash floods could have been “much worse.” “I don’t know how many lives our [Kerrville Police Department] …

FEMA sends under 100 staffers to Texas flooding disaster as state rolls out nearly 1,800 responders

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‘Texas has the money’: families fight for basic air conditioning in state’s prisons

As scorching temperatures continue across the US during these summer months, families of those in Texas prisons – alongside lawmakers – are advocating for air conditioning to be installed in more than five dozen prisons so those incarcerated don’t sweat to …

Texas-Sized Disaster

Donald Trump’s commitment to “energy dominance” would seem to be good news for the Texas economy, but in the administration’s reversal of environmental policies — including via the chaos of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) trashing federal …

GoFundMe says its users have raised $5 million for Texas flood victims

click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / wckitchen A U.S. Flag hangs from a tree amid the devastation caused by flash floods in the Texas Hill Country. Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe on Wednesday said its site users have so far raised more than $5 million …

Country singer Pat Green confirms ‘multiple family members’ died in Texas flooding

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Coast Guard Swimmer Who Rescued Over 200 From Camp Mystic During Central Texas Flooding Was “Team First” Track Athlete ...

U.S. Coast Guard aviation technician Scott Ruskan helped saved over 200 lives in Hunt, Texas late ... More last week.U.S. Homeland Security/ When Scott Ruskan received a phone call at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station where he was stationed in Corpus …

Was the Flash Flooding in Texas Preventable?

LIVE UPDATES | Texas flooding: More than 170 missing, at least 118 dead

TEXAS - The death toll from the July 4th weekend flooding in Central Texas has climbed to 118.  Across the state, more than 170 people are considered missing. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has promised that the search will not stop until all the missing are …

Death toll from Texas flash floods rises to 109, more than 180 people still missing

The death toll from the July 4 flash flood that ravaged a swath of central  Texas  Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people still …