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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…

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….

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…

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…

Located in Burnet and Llano counties west of the city of Burnet, Lake Buchanan has a maximum depth of 132 feet. On Wednesday, July 16, Lake Buchanan’s water level reached 1,020 feet for the first time since March 2005, KXAN reported The milestone came just days after the LCRA signed off on opening several floodgates at the Buchanan Dam, which marked the first operations of its kind since May 2019. Intel from Water Data for Texas classified Lake Buchanan…

The City of Marble Falls issued a boil water notice this week following compromises to the city’s drinking water supply from the historic Fourth of July floods. Marble Falls’ boil water notice took effect on Tuesday, July 15, at 4 p.m., with city officials urging all residents to boil all water supplies prior to consuming it via drinking, cooking or making ice. All water supplies to be consumed must be brought to a rolling boil…

click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain, Unknown Author Flood waters from the Guadalupe River surround homes near Kerrville on July 4, 2025. The director of Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian camp where 27 died during last weekend’s Central Texas flooding, waited more than an hour after receiving the first weather alert to evacuate, despite the site being in a high-risk flood zone, the Washington Post reports. Camp Mystic Executive Director Richard “Dick” Eastland,…