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Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them
As a climate scientist who calls Texas home, I can tell you that the Hill Country of Texas is no stranger to flooding. Meteorologists often refer to it as “Flash Flood Alley” because of its steep terrain, shallow soils, and its history of sudden and intense rainfall.
Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.
As a desperate search for survivors continues in the areas of Texas walloped by weekend floods, ... First Street also uses climate-change models to extrapolate changing risk into the future.
More than 111 people have died across six counties after flash flooding from heavy rain began affecting the state last week.
Flooding is a fact of life in Texas Hill Country, a region home to a flood-prone corridor known as “Flash Flood Alley.” Judge Rob Kelly, the top elected official in Kerr County, said as much on Sunday.
As a desperate search for survivors continues in the areas of Texas walloped by weekend floods ... First Street also uses climate-change models to extrapolate changing risk into the future. Even though flooding is not covered by homeowners' insurance ...
Florida lacks the hilly topography that supercharged torrential rain into deadly inundations in Central Texas over the July Fourth weekend, but a host of factors make the Sunshine State the most flood-prone of any other.
Volunteers in Texas are searching for flood victims and combing through debris along a 30 mile stretch of the Guadalupe River. CNN’s Ed Lavandera spoke with Texans who are coming together to bring closure to their community.
104 dead as hard-hit areas in Texas face new flooding risks: Recap. ... First Street also uses climate-change models to extrapolate changing risk into the future. – Andrea Riquier.
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