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Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature announced the creation of committees tasked with “getting to the bottom of” the July flooding that killed more than 130 people, including 25 young girls and two teenage counselors at Camp Mystic.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/10/14/533314/new-legislative-panels-will-investigate-facts-and-circumstances-of-deadly-central-texas-floods/

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The Fourth of July flood bore a striking similarity to the Hill Country flood that killed 10 summer campers in 1987. In the following years, officials took little action to protect against the next storm.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/08/14/528636/history-repeated-as-the-guadalupe-river-swept-away-camp-mystic-why-few-lessons-were-learned-after-1987-flood/

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Several massive footprints etched in limestone were discovered in the Austin area during cleanup after the July 5 flood. Some of the dinosaur tracks were hidden by brush; others had been covered in sediment that was scoured away by floodwaters.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/08/528304/acrocantho-what-this-dinosaurs-footprint-was-found-in-the-austin-area-after-the-july-floods/

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After days of reports of more than 100 missing victims, officials in Kerr County now say the number of people unaccounted for after the July 4 floods is down to three.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/07/19/526782/number-of-missing-from-july-4-floods-drops-to-3-kerr-county-officials-say/

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In a state where extreme weather is a constant threat, the shrill tone of an emergency alert is supposed to cut through the noise. But for many Texans, those urgent warnings compete with countless other pings and buzzes from their phones.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/15/526473/when-every-phone-alert-sounds-the-same-texans-may-miss-the-one-that-matters/

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From @insideclimate, climate scientists say the torrential downpours in the Texas Hill Country on July 4 exemplify the devastating outcomes of weather intensified by a warming atmosphere.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/07/11/526185/climate-change-helped-fuel-heavy-rains-that-led-to-devastating-texas-flood/

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In the aftermath of Texas' devastating floods, people have been unearthing stuffed animals. The recovery of them speaks not only to the way floods ferry people's most intimate possessions miles from home, but also to the age of those lost.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/10/526108/stuffed-animals-are-strewn-across-flood-ravaged-texas-people-are-trying-to-get-them-to-their-owners/

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Residents say Kerr County's use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions about when and how they utilized the system, which has been in place since 2009.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2025/07/08/525986/kerr-county-residents-say-emergency-alert-messages-sporadic-inconsistent-in-wake-of-floods/

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The way Central Texans rushed to each other's aid during the Fourth of July floods conjured memories of Hurricane Harvey for Donnie Mosher, a Houston man who had traveled to Kerr County to look for a home.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/07/08/525967/houston-resident-in-texas-hill-country-during-floods-saw-devastation-familiar-sense-of-community/

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As Texans woke up July 4 to the news that flooding in the Hill Country had turned deadly, Sen. Ted Cruz was on a pre-planned vacation in Greece with his family.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/08/525926/ted-cruz-was-vacationing-in-greece-during-deadly-texas-floods-his-office-says-he-took-first-flight-home/

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As Central Texas and much of the state grapples with catastrophic flooding, Houston marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Beryl.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/07/08/525876/theres-nothing-reasonable-about-climate-change-local-experts-reflect-on-beryl-anniversary/

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For many in the devastated areas of the Texas Hill Country, Friday's flood came without warning.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/07/525837/texas-flood-survivors-reflect-on-their-losses-and-count-their-blessings/

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire said he's working to "permanently" remove a former member of the city’s food insecurity board after she made racial comments about Camp Mystic, which has been particularly devastated by Central Texas flooding.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/07/07/525803/houston-mayor-criticizes-racial-camp-mystic-comments-former-member-food-insecurity-board/

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A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/07/525802/texas-lawmakers-failed-to-pass-a-bill-to-improve-local-disaster-warning-systems-this-year/

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As searchers continue to look for victims in the deadly flash flooding in Texas, officials are answering questions about the weather forecasts ahead of and during the storm.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/07/07/525795/how-good-was-the-forecast-texas-officials-and-the-national-weather-service-disagree/

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Flash flooding is a common occurrence in the Hill Country, but even longtime residents were stunned when the Guadalupe River rose like it did early Friday morning.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/07/06/525771/what-is-flash-flood-alley-and-what-do-texans-in-its-path-face/

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Here's how Houston-area residents and those across the state and country can help the Central Texas flood victims and their families. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/07/06/525756/how-to-donate-volunteer-to-help-texas-hill-county-flood-victims/

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