Texas Floods Death Toll Creeps up
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"Let's put an end to the conspiracy theories and stop blaming others," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNGov. Abbott orders special session on redistricting, Hill Country flooding, THC and unfinished GOP prioritiesThe Republican governor laid out an ambitious agenda that includes an unexpected array of conservative bills that failed during the regular session.
Kerr County officials say they are still focused mainly on the search for survivors with hundreds still missing and weren't yet examining how the emergency response unfolded.
Early in the morning on July 4, a catastrophic flood in the Texas Hill Country caused unimaginable loss of life. These are some of the victims.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNClimate change helped fuel heavy rains that caused Hill Country floods, experts sayWarming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel exteme downpours like those that struck Texas during the July 4 weekend.
"I couldn't fall back asleep because, like, I just had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen." Lucy Kennedy had been asleep in her bunk at Camp Mystic, a roughly 750-person summer camp,
Claire Reese Manchaca was with three of her friends in the Hill Country when the devastating flooding hit. They were last known to be near 1769 State Highway 39, across from Japonica Hills Road in Hunt. After an extensive search over several days, her body was found. On Wednesday, she was brought home to be laid to rest.
Robert Earl Keen, a Texas music legend who has a ranch in Kerrville and whose daughters attended Camp Mystic, talks about the impact of July 4 floods.