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A ‘raging torrent’: Sensor data shows Guadalupe River swelled 20 feet in 95 minutes
Without a modern flood warning system, emergency officials monitor four sensors along the Guadalupe River – including one ...
How the cataclysmic Texas floods unfolded, minute by minute
HUNT, Texas - The 750 campers were sound asleep in their bunk beds in the early morning hours of July 4, expecting to wake up ...
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Texas' Deadly Floods Amplify Concerns About State's Climate Future
The Lone Star State accounts for roughly a third of all damages caused by extreme weather in the U.S. during the last 10 ...
Death toll passes 80 in Texas flash flood catastrophe
Dozens are dead not because such events are unpredictable, but because society is organized around the profit interests of ...
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What is flash flood alley and what do Texans in its path face?
Flash flooding is a common occurrence in the Hill Country, but even longtime residents were stunned when the Guadalupe River ...
A young Alabama student, a grandparent and a camp director among those killed in Texas floods
Authorities in Texas say at least 82 people have died in devastating flooding in Texas. They include a 68-year-old camp ...
Officials say nothing could have prepared them for the Guadalupe River to rise so fast. Meteorologists disagree.
Hundreds of children at summer campsites along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County were at risk early Friday when a ...
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The Hill Country Summer Camps Were My Story. After the Flood, They’re My Grandson’s.
He's a staff member this summer at Camp La Junta. The night of the flood, he was awakened by the popping sounds of pipes ...