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Texas flood death toll tops 100

Texas flooding live updates: Death toll at 120 as search continues for the missing

Gov. Greg Abbott has scheduled a special legislative session for later this month to focus on, in part, improving warning systems for flood conditions.

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Texas flood rescue teams continue to search for scores of missing people as death toll climbs

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Texas flood deaths rise to 120; search for missing enters seventh day: Live updates

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Devastating flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas seen in before and after satellite images

A satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows washed away homes along the Guadalupe River and State Hwy 39 in Ingram, Texas on July 8, 2025 after flooding hit the area.

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Camp Mystic was in the nation’s ‘most dangerous river valley.’ Parents say they never knew.

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'Deep impact phase' of searching: More than 170 missing after Texas flood

Texas, Camp Mystic and flash flood

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Kerr County, Texas, flood maps reveal Camp Mystic and two others in high-risk zones

The number of people reported missing in Kerr County, Texas, as a result of last week’s flash floods continues to soar. Authorities say search teams combing through the debris and destruction there are looking for more than 160 people who disappeared in the raging waters.

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Seventh Camp Mystic girl from Dallas dies in Central Texas flood, family confirms

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Texas Inspectors Approved Camp Mystic’s Disaster Plan 2 Days Before Deadly Flood, Records Show

Texas County Flagged Need for Flood Alarm Months Before Tragedy

Kerr County repeatedly failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.

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Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows

At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed emergency alerts, saying that an "after-action" would follow the search and rescue efforts. "Those questions are gonna be answered," he added.

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Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.

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A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,

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Search for flood victims slowed by mountains of debris as thousands descend on Kerr County to assist

Crews are using construction equipment to clear vehicles, trees and homes in a race to locate the 161 people still missing since Friday’s devastating flood.

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Kerr County struggled to fund flood warnings. Under Trump, it's getting even harder

Kerr County applied for federal grants to build a warning system to protect residents from flash floods. Under the Trump Administration, that kind of funding is drying up.

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A small Texas community where everyone survived flooding has sirens that warned them

As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort -- a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out.