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As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming

Posted on July 30, 2025July 31, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The day before the Guadalupe River rose 34 feet in the small Hill Country city of Kerrville and swamped areas along the river banks, Mayor Joe Herring Jr. messaged the city manager with…

'We sang them church songs': Survivors, volunteers reflect on deadly TX floods

Posted on July 26, 2025July 30, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

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…

The floods swept away her father's legacy. Now, she's digging up memories left behind in the mud.

Posted on July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Before the flood, Wren Bates was working on a memory wall. She had tacked photos of her father in his prime — piloting a plane and smiling on a sailboat — on a wall in his shop next to Big Sandy Creek. Her father, Marcus Bates, was a machinist and an aviator. Wren grew up helping him fix airplanes and big machines, with the soundtrack of Jimmy Buffett playing in the background. The last thing…

Preparing for Houston’s Hurricane Season in an Age of Austerity

Posted on July 24, 2025July 30, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

TM Out Loud Preparing for Houston’s Hurricane Season in an Age of Austerity Houston-based staff writers Mimi Swartz and Michael Hardy on living with storm risks and learning not to expect the government’s help when disaster strikes. By Texas Monthly July 24, 2025 The downtown Houston skyline and flooded Texas Highway 288 during Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017. Thomas Shea/AFP via Getty When the devastating floods hit Central Texas this month, key positions at…

Long-standing problems led up to deadly Hill Country floods, witnesses tell legislative flood committee

Posted on July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. No minimum qualifications for local emergency management coordinators. No easy way to know if local officials are getting weather warnings. Difficulty getting all first responders on the same radio communication channel. And the…

Number of people missing from Texas floods drops to 2 after discovery of woman's body

Posted on July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Amber Esparza Debris clutters the bank of the Guadalupe River after devastating Central Texas floods. Rescue workers have recovered the body of a missing adult woman in the Kerrville area, dropping the number of people still missing after the catastrophic Central Texas floods to two, Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted Tuesday night. The discovery leaves one girl from Camp Mystic and one adult male still missing two weeks after the disaster, the governor…

Texas House Dems say they won't work on other legislation until Hill Country floods are addressed

Posted on July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Screenshot / Texas House of Representatives The Texas House Democrats sent their letter to House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, pictured above, during the first day of the special session. On Monday, the first day of the Texas Legislature’s special session, Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock,advising they won’t work on any other legislation until the body addresses this month’s devastating Hill Country floods. The strongly worded letter comes as…

Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare for floods

Posted on July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Texas Tribune / Brenda Bazán Community members add flowers to a memorial on July 9 honoring victims of the flood in Kerrville. This article is co-published by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Also, sign up for The Brief, the Tribune’s daily newsletter…

Texas lawmakers largely ignored recommendations aimed at helping rural areas like Kerr County prepare for flooding

Posted on July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Also, sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential…

Number of people missing in Texas floods drops drastically to 3, Kerrville officials report

Posted on July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Amber Esparza Kids poke at debris caught in a tree along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. The number of people reported missing after the July 4 Texas flooding has plummeted from more than 100 to three, according to officials with the hard-hit city of Kerrville. At one point in the recovery efforts, state and Hill Country officials said the number of people missing in the wake of the disaster stood at 160….

Texas parents to protest outside White House this Monday over federal response Hill Country floods

Posted on July 19, 2025July 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Jaime Monzon Anti-Trump marchers take to the San Antonio streets earlier this summer. Texas parents angered and concerned about the catastrophic Hill Country flooding that killed at least 135 people, including many children, are taking their frustrations directly to the White House. On Monday, July 27, Lone Star State parents and their supporters organized by Texas Moms Rising will gather in Lafayette Park, just outside the White House, to remember the 27…

Why calling the Texas flooding ‘an act of God’ is a dangerous form of political denial

Posted on July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / World Central Kitchen Rescue workers comb the Texas Hill Country after this month’s devastating floods. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. In the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding in Texas last week, government officials from President Donald Trump to the governor of Texas to county representatives have sought to…

As Texans start to rebuild after the floods, many face the reality of being uninsured

Posted on July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Robin Bates isn’t quite sure what the future looks like. On Wednesday, she watched volunteers use chainsaws to break up debris from recent flooding. They carried away a car tire. They loaded wheelbarrows with brush and tree trunks, navigating it around an overturned treadmill in Bates’ front yard. Two weeks ago, floodwaters from a nearby creek tore her home in northwestern Travis County from its base. Bates is now one of hundreds of people in…

With the death toll still rising, the Austin area's recent flooding is one of its deadliest ever

Posted on July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Just when Austin was starting to think that drought might continue into the summer, the first raindrops fell — and kept falling. Throughout Austin’s history, the city has fallen victim to many floods, caused by dam failure, excessive rain and tropical storm remnants. Not only do these floods damage infrastructure — especially riverside homes and businesses — and cost local governments millions to recover, there are few major flooding events that don’t take lives. The recent disaster is…

As search for the missing continues after Texas Hill Country floods, residents work to pick up the pieces

Posted on July 17, 2025July 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

A washed-out Guadalupe River appeared stuck in time nearly two weeks after the catastrophe. Large trees laid on their sides and remnants of debris lingered throughout what was left. Some residents of the area say it’s unlike anything they’ve seen in the river before.

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