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Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.
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CNN’s Ed Lavandera is on the ground in Texas as volunteer search and rescue teams look for those still missing after floodwaters swept through the Guadalupe River area.
Local authorities brief the press after devastating Texas floods.
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Public officials in the area have come under repeated criticism amid questions about the timeline of what happened and why widespread warnings were
Crissy and Avi Eliashar bought their home in Jonestown, Texas, 13 years ago. They never had a problem with flooding until water washed away their home. Like many victims of the Texas flood, they don’t have flood insurance to help cover the losses.
At least 119 people have been found dead in nearly a week since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps in the early morning hours of July 4. Ninety-five of those killed were in the hardest-hit county in central Texas, Kerr County, where the toll includes at least three dozen children.
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.
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With rain coming down so fast, storm drains couldn't handle the deluge of water. On Interstate 93 in Quincy, all were lanes closed at one point because of extreme flooding during rush hour. At least five cars were stuck on the highway until the water receded.
A "considerable" flash flood warning has been issued in Boston as heavy, life-threatening rain pounds the city and areas to the south.
Communities south of Boston have seen as much as 4 and a half inches of rain, with a flash flood warning still in effect.
A flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, at 6:36 a.m. on July 10. This warning applies to New Castle County.
Back-to-back flooding disasters in recent years — in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky, among many others — have showed that preparing for flash flooding is a new necessity as the planet warms.