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The Texas Hill Country is known as “flash flood alley” due to its unique terrain. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / wckitchen The families of seven campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic who died during the July 4 Hill Country floods sued the camp Monday, alleging that its owners’ negligence resulted in a “self-created disaster” that led to the fatalities. Twenty-five campers and two counselors were among the more than 130 people that died in this…

Officials said a software update prevented the sirens from activating, even though San Marcos was on the edge of a tornado warning, according to the city’s Facebook post. The warning originated in Blanco County but extended into neighboring Hays County, which includes San Marcos. While the tornado dissipated before reaching the city, the siren failure raised concerns about public safety. “We had an opportunity to utilize our high-dollar investment in technology, and we failed,” Hays…

San Antonio’s flood watch continues. Following overnight showers from scattered storms that brought one to two inches of rainfall in the area, the National Weather Service has extended their flood watch warning here and for portions of the Hill Country, I-35 corridor, and coastal plains until 9 p.m. on Saturday, October 25.  This morning’s ongoing showers and storms around San Antonio are expected to weaken and move east in a few hours, according to the weather…

Update at 2 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for portions of South Central Texas, which includes San Antonio, Austin, New Braunfels, Kyle, Kerrville, Georgetown, Fredericksburg, Uvalde and Del Rio. The flood watch will be in effect from 7 p.m. on Friday to 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 25.  NWS warns that “heavy rainfall and excessive runoff could lead to life threatening flash flooding somewhere in the watch area.” The flood watch…

A hearing attendee labels a map of the Guadalupe River during a joint committee hearing at the Hill Country Youth Event Center on July 31, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. Credit: Texas Tribune / Ronaldo Bolaños Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature have announced the creation of committees tasked with “getting to the bottom…

Speedy Sparks (second from left in the rear) performed with legendary musicians, including the Texas Tornados. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Texas Tornados Speedy Sparks, a bassist who played with Lone Star State music icons including Doug Sahm, Joe King Carrasco and the Texas Tornados, has died at age 79, according to friends and associates. Though he primarily worked out of Austin, Sparks first made his mark in San Antonio, recording with new-wave wild man Carrasco…

The 7.98% property tax rate increase was approved on Tuesday, September 23, during a city council meeting that drew angry residents in strong opposition to the tax hike. City officials have the option to keep the new tax hike for three years or until the city’s total taxable value exceeds $3.6 billion without a vote, which angered residents even more.  “This tax increase is basically a gut punch to the flood victims in the city,” Jacklynn…

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Mario formed Friday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and was expected to bring wind, rain and possible flash flooding, forecasters said. Mario was described as “mini” in the National Hurricane Center’s morning advisory, but the storm packed maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.  A tropical storm watch was in effect for parts of the Michoacan state. It spanned from Lázaro Cárdenas to Punta San Telmo. The Miami-based weather service…

Photo of cloudy skies. Annett Engelhardt / 500px/Getty Images/500px Now that August is behind us, it’s really time for it to start feeling like fall. While it typically takes until nearly the start of winter to really feel a significant cool down, a cold front sweeping across Texas is bringing the autumnal feels early. If there’s anything we can expect from Texas weather, it’s to expect the unexpected. For the northern half of Texas – sorry…

Did anybody else get randomly soaked while at a high school football game last night? Well, whether you were or not, rain was all over the San Antonio area on Saturday night, August 30, and it looks like there may be that and more on the way.  The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch is in effect beginning noon on Sunday, August 31 that will last until Monday, September 1. What a way…

click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Zoo The recently renovated front entrance greets visitors to the San Antonio Zoo. The San Antonio Zoo will disburse 20,000 complimentary tickets to people affected by the deadly July 4 floods in the Texas Hill Country as part of its Zoo Cares: Together for Texans campaign, officials with the attraction said. “The success of this effort reflects the power of Texans helping Texans,” Zoo President and CEO…

In the weeks after a heavy June 12 rain swept multiple cars off the road in San Antonio leaving 13 people dead, local officials say an investigation has uncovered some relatively low cost safety measures that could be implemented quickly to prevent such tragedies in the future. On Tuesday, Bexar County Commissioners approved roughly $10 million to fix and improve rain gauges at low-water crossings, update flood projections and install gates that officials can proactively…

A flooded area is shown on the Northeast Side of San Antonio, in between Austin Highway and Loop 410. Courtesy of Zachary Wright/MySA This past June, San Antonio mourned the loss of 13 residents who were swept from roads during a record rainfall event that brought creeks, rivers, and even highways to dangerous water levels. Roughly one month later, at least 134 were confirmed dead after monstrous floods hit the Texas Hill Country, which began…

click to enlarge Texas Tribune / Karim Shuaib II The July’s Central Texas flooding is responsible for at least 137 deaths. Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. If we cannot recognize our own given natures and the natural world as setting any limit at all upon the desires that we contemplate taking seriously; if we will not listen to the anticipations and suspicions of the artefactual conception of human beings that sound in half-forgotten…

A stone with a spray-painted message sits on the bank of the Guadalupe River during a search and recovery mission on July 11, 2025 in Kerville, Texas. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Kalina Silverman, the creator behind Big Talk, took her mission to “skip small talk” and “make meaningful connections” to the Texas Hill Country after the deadly July 4 floods.  Silverman told MySA that when wildfires ravaged the Pacific Palisades in…