Texas flood death toll rises
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A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.
President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
At least 108 people have been killed in “catastrophic” flash flooding across Texas, while several others remain missing.
Flash floods in Texas killed at least 120 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, including girls attending a summer camp, and left others still missing. On Monday, Camp Mystic confirmed ...
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This has played out on social platforms as well, prompting some liberal commentators to speak out against the dehumanization of Texas communities. Political trolling online is nothing new, but its spillover into blaming victims and survivors of disaster is a dangerous new low.
While many questions remain unanswered, and communities across the state are only in the beginning stages of recovery, it is becoming more clear just how devastating and fatal the weather event
Warnings predicted both Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.