#guadaluperiverflood — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/news/49097/ Life after the flood: How a Houston father’s loss spurred a quest to protect others – Houston Public Media #CampMystic #ChloeChildress #flooding #GuadalupeRiverFlood #Headlines #Houston #inDepth #July4Floods #local #MatthewChildress #News #Texas #TexasHillCountryFlooding #TopStories

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/

#Flooding #News #Politics #Texas #CampMystic #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HouseSpeakerDustinBurrows #KerrCountyFlooding #LtGovDanPatrick

The parents of the last missing girl from Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ camp where 25 young campers and two counselors died during the July 4 flooding, blasted its recent decision to reopen one of its campsites in 2026.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/09/26/531973/unthinkable-camp-mystic-parents-condemn-reopening-plans-after-devastating-floods/

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The owners of Camp Mystic say they plan to partially reopen next summer the all-girls camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed during catastrophic floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country in July.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/09/24/531746/camp-mystic-plans-to-reopen-in-texas-hill-country-next-summer-a-year-after-floods-killed-27/

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Two dads, including one from Houston, helped lead Camp Mystic parents to advocate for new camp rules in the Texas Legislature. What they wanted most was to have their daughters back.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/09/16/530960/our-girls-are-still-dead-camp-mystic-parents-pushed-for-laws-to-protect-kids-but-their-pain-remains/

#Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #CampMystic #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HoustonFloodVictims #KerrCountyFlooding #TexasLegislature

When the governor called the Texas Legislature into special session after July's historic floods, he topped his priority list with passing bills to better prepare the state for natural disasters. Here's a look at six new measures lawmakers passed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/09/04/530103/sirens-summer-camps-and-weather-alerts-heres-what-is-changing-in-texas-after-the-special-session/

#Flooding #News #Politics #Texas #Weather #CampMystic #CongressionalRedistricting #Floods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HillCountry #KUT

More than 75 Texas camps have met dozens of safety standards to become accredited by the American Camp Association, which can be a lengthy and costly process.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/29/529710/a-rigorous-accreditation-program-inspired-texas-camp-reforms-heres-what-that-process-looks-like/

#Business #Flooding #News #Politics #Texas #AmericanCampAssociation #CampMystic #EmergencyPreparedness #GuadalupeRiverFlood #July4Floods #TexasLegislature

Here’s where the proposed laws to address camp safety, flood warnings and emergency response stand in the Legislature.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/08/22/529229/in-response-to-failures-and-grieving-parents-texas-lawmakers-advance-flood-bills/

#Flooding #News #Politics #Texas #CampMystic #GuadalupeRiverFlood #July4Floods #TexasHillCountryFlooding #TexasLegislature

Texas lawmakers, after the flooding deaths of 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors, promised a hearing room of grieving parents that moving forward, campers will be evacuated once a flood warning is issued and evacuation plans will be overhauled.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/08/21/529150/my-daughter-was-stolen-from-me-grieving-parents-point-to-texas-camp-failures-at-capitol-hearing/

#Flooding #Local #News #Politics #Texas #CampMystic #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #July4Floods #TexasLegislature

A formal list of persons lost in the July 4th flood in Kerr County has been released by the Texas Rangers. The list contains the names and ages of 117 people who died and two who remain missing. Many of the victims were from the Houston area.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/08/11/528386/texas-rangers-release-names-of-people-lost-and-still-missing-after-guadalupe-river-floods/

#Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Texas #GuadalupeRiverFlood #July4Floods #KerrCounty #TexasRangers #TopStories #Tpr

Myriad funds are taking in donations to help the Texas Hill Country region after the deadly July 4 flooding. Only one is giving money out currently.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/08/05/527903/tens-of-millions-of-dollars-pour-into-texas-flood-relief-funds-the-need-is-still-unknown/

#Business #Flooding #News #Texas #CommunityFoundationOfTheTexasHillCountry #GuadalupeRiverFlood #KerrCounty #TopStories #Tpr

Hundreds of people have gathered in Kerrville today as state lawmakers host a legislative hearing in the Hill Country town hardest hit by the July 4 floods.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/31/527659/the-state-is-broken-kerrville-residents-testify-at-state-hearing-over-flood-response/

#News #Texas #GuadalupeRiverFlood #TopStories #Tpr

Survivors of the deadly Fourth of July flooding want Texas legislators to tap into to the state's $24 billion Rainy Day Fund to meet their immediate recovery needs now.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/environment/2025/07/31/527569/kerr-flood-survivors-to-state-lawmakers-tap-rainy-day-fund-to-meet-needs-now/

#Business #Environment #News #GuadalupeRiverFlood #KerrCounty #TopStories #Tpr

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/

#Flooding #News #Texas #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #KerrCounty #Missing #TopStories #Tpr

Recovery efforts for more than 100 missing people lost in the deadly Texas Hill Country floods ramped up again this week after another deluge of rainfall. Residents continue to survey the damage and pay respects to the victims.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/07/17/526576/as-texas-hill-country-search-for-missing-continues-residents-work-to-pick-up-the-pieces/

#Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Texas #CampMystic #EmergencyAlerts #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HillCountryFloods #July4Floods #TexasFloods

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/

#Flooding #News #PublicSafety #Texas #Weather #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #NationalWeatherService #PhoneAlert #TexasHillCountry #WeatherAlerts

The federal government allowed Camp Mystic, the all-girls summer camp along the Guadalupe River, to remove multiple buildings from government flood maps, even though private data suggests the flood threat remained.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/07/14/526346/camp-mystic-asked-to-remove-buildings-from-government-flood-maps-despite-risk/

#Flooding #National #News #Texas #CampMystic #CentralTexasFloods #Fema #GuadalupeRiverFlood #TexasHillCountryFlooding

Katherine Ferruzzo of Houston remembered for dedication to children – Houston Public Media

Katherine Ferruzzo remembered in a memorial on Water Street in Kerrville, Texas for the victims of the July…
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The remains of the last missing counselor from Camp Mystic have been recovered. Houston resident Katherine Ferruzzo, 19, died in the July 4 floods along with at least 28 others from the all-girls camp on the Guadalupe River.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/07/13/526311/body-of-camp-mystic-counselor-found-katherine-ferruzzo-of-houston-remembered-for-dedication-to-children/

#Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Texas #CampMystic #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #KatherineFerruzzo #MemorialHighSchool #TexasHillCountryFlooding

President Donald Trump toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country and lauded state and local officials, even amid mounting criticism that they may have failed to warn residents quickly enough.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/12/526299/trump-tours-central-texas-flood-sites-and-defends-officials-as-questions-mount-about-response/

#Flooding #National #News #Texas #CampMystic #CentralTexasFloods #Fema #GuadalupeRiverFlood #PresidentDonaldTrump #TexasHillCountryFlooding

Melissa and Rob Kamin, a couple from Atascocita near Houston, died in the July 4 flood. Melissa was a longtime member of CrossFit Quest in Humble, which held a vigil Wednesday evening in remembrance of the couple.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/07/11/526212/houston-area-couple-who-died-in-central-texas-floods-honored-at-vigil/

#Flooding #Local #News #Texas #Atascocita #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HoustonFloodVictims #TexasHillCountryFlooding #Vigil

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/

#ClimateChange #EnergyEnvironment #Flooding #News #Texas #Weather #CentralTexasFloods #FlashFlooding #GuadalupeRiverFlood #TexasHillCountry #TexasHillCountryFlooding

Two high-altitude aircraft from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston were deployed to the Texas Hill Country this week to help the recovery efforts of local and state authorities in the aftermath of deadly flooding over the Fourth of July weekend.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/nasa/2025/07/11/526169/nasa-sends-specialized-aircraft-from-houston-to-texas-hill-country-to-help-with-flood-recovery/

#Flooding #Houston #Local #NASA #News #Texas #EllingtonFieldHouston #GuadalupeRiverFlood #JohnsonSpaceCenterHouston #Nasa #TexasHillCountryFlooding

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/

#Flooding #News #Texas #CentralTexasFloods #Children #GuadalupeRiverFlood #KUT #StuffedAnimals

H-E-B and James Avery, two of Texas' best-known brands that were both born in Kerrville, are showing their support for Hill Country flood victims in a big way.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/07/09/526077/h-e-b-james-avery-embrace-their-kerrville-roots-with-support-for-flood-victims/

#Business #Flooding #News #Texas #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HEB #JamesAvery #Kerrville #TopStories #Tpr

The Houston Humane Society says it's taken on 26 dogs and puppies from shelters impacted by the deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2025/07/09/526043/houston-humane-society-helps-relocate-puppies-from-flood-impacted-shelters/

#Animals #Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Texas #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HoustonHumaneSociety #TexasHillCountryFlooding

Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic’s emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/09/526049/texas-inspectors-approved-camp-mystics-disaster-plan-2-days-before-deadly-flood-records-show/

#Flooding #News #Texas #CampMystic #CentralTexasFloods #DisasterPreparedness #GuadalupeRiverFlood #TexasDepartmentOfStateHealthServices

In Kerr County, Thad Heartfield is leading nearly 100 volunteers searching for flood victims. For him, this mission is personal. His son and three of his son's friends disappeared in the flood.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/09/526005/in-texas-a-major-search-effort-is-being-led-by-the-father-of-a-flood-victim/

#Flooding #Local #National #News #Texas #CentralTexasFloods #FourthOfJulyFlooding #GuadalupeRiverFlood #KerrCounty #TexasFloods #ThadHeartfield

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/

#News #PublicSafety #Texas #Weather #CentralTexasFloods #Codered #GuadalupeRiverFlood #KerrCountyFlooding #TopStories #Tpr

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/

#Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Texas #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HurricaneHarvey #NaturalDisasters #TexasHillCountry

Here's everything to know about the Texas Hill Country flooding.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/08/525948/live-updates-everything-to-know-about-the-hill-country-flooding/

#Flooding #News #Texas #CentralTexasFlooding #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #TexasHillCountry #TheTexasNewsroom

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/

#News #Politics #Texas #CentralTexasFlooding #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #SenatorTedCruz #TedCruzCancun #TedCruzGreece