Texas flood death toll rises
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Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, according to a study spanning decades.
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.
President Donald Trump met with victims' families and surveyed the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.
At least 108 people have been killed in “catastrophic” flash flooding across Texas, while several others remain missing.
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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.
Texas flood deaths rise to 120; search for missing continues on day 7. Jeanine Santucci Karissa Waddick Jorge L. Ortiz. ... Camp Mystic counselors protected young girls from Texas floods.
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.