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At Texas Flooding Hearing, State Officials Look Elsewhere for Blame

Par :J. David Goodman
At several points during the hearing, the state emergency management chief directed attention to the role of local emergency managers in disaster response.

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At least 136 people, including 37 children, were killed in flash flooding in Central Texas.
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FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said

Par :Lisa Friedman
Ken Pagurek had told colleagues the Trump administration was causing ‘chaos’ inside FEMA and creating dangerous delays in disaster response.

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Search and rescue personnel near the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 8 after catastrophic flooding.
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Texas Republicans Look to Jam Democrats With Vote on Redistricting

Par :J. David Goodman
By taking up new congressional maps pushed by President Trump first, Republicans hope to discourage Democrats from walking out of a special session before they vote on flood relief.

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Members of the House stood for the Pledge of Allegiance as the special session started on Monday in Austin, Texas.
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How Did the Number of Missing After Texas Floods Drop So Drastically?

Par :Rick Rojas
Last week, officials said 97 people were missing in Kerr County. Now, it’s down to three. The drop is substantial, but such wild fluctuations can happen after disasters.

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A memorial for the victims of the floods in Central Texas.
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Number of Missing in Kerr County, Texas, After Floods Drops to 3

Par :Alyce McFadden and Chris Hippensteel
The new figure was a significant decline from 97 just days ago. The death toll in the county remained the same, and officials said many of the missing were reported safe.

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The Guadalupe River flowing past debris from the summer camp Heart O’ the Hills after one of the deadliest U.S. floods in decades in Hunt, Texas.
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Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?

Par :Orlando Mayorquín and Pooja Salhotra
The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.

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Members of the military presented an American flag on Friday to firefighters and relatives of Michael Phillips, the chief of the volunteer fire department in Marble Falls, who is among those missing from the floods.
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After the Floods, a Pain So Vast It Makes Texas Feel Small

Par :Rick Rojas · Margarita Birnbaum and David Montgomery
The Hill Country has a hold on the hearts of many Texans, meaning the suffering caused by the disaster is reaching as far as the region’s appeal.

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Rescuers embrace in grief at a memorial in Kerrville, Texas.
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Texas Legislature Special Session Will Answer Questions About Redistricting, Floods

Par :J. David Goodman
A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from President Trump’s demand for a newly gerrymandered House map.

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A special session of the Texas Legislature is scheduled to begin in Austin on Monday.
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How Two Camp Mystic Cabins Turned Into an Epicenter of Grief in the Texas Floods

Par :Soumya Karlamangla · Ruth Graham · Emily Cochrane and McKenna Oxenden
The children who lost their lives at Camp Mystic were not scattered through the camp. Almost every one of them was in either the Bubble Inn or Twins cabins, which housed the youngest campers.

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Flash flooding along the Guadalupe River killed 28 campers, counselors and staff at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.
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A Summer Camp on the Guadalupe River Reopens After Deadly Texas Flooding

Par :Christopher Maag and Carter Johnston For The New York Times
Barely a week after devastating floods destroyed Camp Mystic and killed at least 134, Camp CAMP, which serves disabled youth, reopened Monday, thanks to a herculean cleanup led by a volunteer army.

“We need to get ready for horseback activities.” Counselors helped a camper saddle up as camp life resumed.
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Fewer Than 100 Unaccounted For in Texas Flood as Officials Decry ‘Blame Game’

Par :Danny Hakim and J. David Goodman
In Kerr County, where the most deaths occurred, officials said they were receiving threats, even as they continued to deflect questions about flood warnings.

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At least 132 people were killed by the July 4 flooding in Central Texas.
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Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood

Par :J. David Goodman
Texans often draw on the idea of their own self-reliance during times of adversity. Gov. Greg Abbott has used it to deflect tough questions.

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Few states have faced such a wide range of calamities, natural and man-made, as Texas.
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Texas Floods Bring Grief and Prayer to Local Churches

Par :Soumya Karlamangla and Maria Jimenez Moya
At services in the stricken Hill Country and elsewhere, ministers spoke Sunday morning about sorrow and solace, community and hope, as more rain beat down.

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Worshipers at Kerrville Church of Christ heard a sermon on Sunday about how deeply the community had been affected by the July 4 flooding.
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Noem Defends FEMA Response to Texas Flooding and Says Trump Wants Agency ‘Remade,’ Not Cut

Par :Alyce McFadden
The homeland security secretary said a report that thousands of calls to a disaster hotline went unanswered because of staffing cuts was “false.”

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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, defended the administration’s response to the flooding in Texas.
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After Texas Floods, a Hard-Hit Town Looks to the Future

Par :Richard Fausset and Callaghan O’Hare For The New York Times
Hunt, Texas, a small town where the north and south forks of the Guadalupe River meet, is grieving the July 4 flood. But even as the search for the missing continues, rebuilding has begun.

At least 121 people were killed in flash flooding in Central Texas. Many were in Hunt, Texas, when floodwaters swept through the area.
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Texans Offer a Hand and Open Their Hearts as Flood Death Toll Grows

Par :Christopher Maag · Maria Jimenez Moya · Soumya Karlamangla · Bernard Mokam and Chris Hippensteel
Mourners paid tribute at funerals and memorial services on Saturday as the number of fatalities rose to nearly 130.

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A man visiting a memorial in Kerrville, Texas, for victims of the July 4 flood.
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FEMA Approved Removal of Many Camp Mystic Buildings From Flood Zones

Par :Mike Baker
Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.

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Campers’ belongings outside cabins at Camp Mystic, where 27 people died in one of the deadliest U.S. floods in decades.
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Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say

Par :Max Bearak and Hiroko Tabuchi
Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.

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Flood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.
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Texas Flood Survivors: Mother of Five Returns to Cabin in Ruins

Par :Edgar Sandoval and Desiree Rios
Jacque White and her five children escaped the rising waters of the Guadalupe River just in time. Now they have to rebuild.

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Jacque White with her children, standing next to debris outside their flood-damaged cabin in Kerr County, Texas
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After Texas Disaster, Trump Shifts His Tone on FEMA

Par :Luke Broadwater and Shawn McCreesh
Earlier this year, President Trump suggested he wanted to shutter the agency. Now, he says his aides “fixed it up in no time.”

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“We have some good people running FEMA,” President Trump said during his tour of Texas flood damage on Friday.
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Before the Central Texas Floods, the Owners of Camp Mystic Were a Fixture

Par :Ruth Graham
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.

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Campers’ belongings outside cabins at Camp Mystic, where 27 died in the floods.
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After Texas Flooding, Two Brothers Search for Their Missing Parents

Par :Ang Li · Kassie Bracken · Mark Boyer and Samuel Lerma
Luke and Robert Leroy Brake Jr. haven’t seen their parents since a deadly flood swept through their campsite on July 4. They spoke to The New York Times about what happened that day.

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Texas Flood Survivors Recount Night of Terror at Waterfront Campgrounds

Par :Thomas Fuller and Emily Cochrane
The half-mile stretch occupied by two campgrounds appears to have been one of the deadliest spots along the Guadalupe River in Central Texas during last week’s flash floods.

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The site of the HTR campground after catastrophic flooding in Kerrville, Texas.
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Trump Visits Texas Flood Sites: ‘Hell of a Situation, Isn’t It?’

Par :Shawn McCreesh
Mr. Trump and Melania Trump met with victims’ families and viewed some of the aftermath of last weekend’s flooding.

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President Trump toured sites in the area of Kerrville, Texas, that were devastated by extreme flash flooding last weekend.
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Why the Texas Flood Site Didn’t Have Warning Sirens

Par :Christopher Flavelle · Leila Medina · Alexandra Ostasiewicz and David Jouppi
Officials in Kerr County made several attempts over the past decade to get funds for a flood warning system, but those applications were rejected. Christopher Flavelle, a reporter for The New York Times, breaks down what went wrong.
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Kerr County Repeatedly Sought Help with Flood Risk. Texas Said No.

Par :Christopher Flavelle · J. David Goodman and Andrea Fuller
Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.

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Texas City Racked by Floods Becomes a Hub for Search and Recovery

Par :Christopher Maag
Most summers, Kerrville, Texas, draws crowds for its July 4 celebration. This year, the streets are filled with emergency responders.

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Discovery of Texas Flood Victims Slows After Nearly a Week of Searching

Par :Talya Minsberg and Pooja Salhotra
In Kerr County, the hardest-hit region, officials said the number of missing remained unchanged, at 161, since Tuesday. The floods have killed at least 121 people statewide.

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Volunteers cleared up debris as they searched along the Guadalupe River in Center Point, Texas, on Wednesday.
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As Texas Flood Raged, Camp Mystic Was Left to Fend for Itself

Par :Danny Hakim · Emily Cochrane and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding catastrophe, initially leaving people near the river on their own.

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The belongings of campers were piled outside a pair of cabins at Camp Mystic.
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Abbott Asks Lawmakers to Redraw Texas’ Congressional Maps in Special Session

Par :J. David Goodman and Shane Goldmacher
Democrats criticized Gov. Greg Abbott for seeking a redistricting, favored by President Trump’s political team, just days after devastating floods in Texas.

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Gov. Greg Abbott added redistricting to a special session set to start later this month. The session was already going to consider new legislation to improve how the state prepares for floods.
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Mexican Firefighters Join Search for the Missing in Texas

Par :Ang Li · Kassie Bracken · Sam Lerma · Mark Boyer and Shawn Paik
The day after a deadly flood killed more than 100 people in Central Texas, firefighters from the Mexican nonprofit Fundación 911 crossed the border to help search for survivors. They described the difficulty of the mission and what it means to them.

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Did the Texas Flood Warnings Come in Time?

Par :Judson Jones · Alexandra Ostasiewicz · James Surdam and Nikolay Nikolov
When deadly floods swept through Texas, the National Weather Service issued a series of warnings that should have automatically triggered alerts to be sent to cellphones as the Guadalupe River began to rise. Judson Jones, a meteorologist and reporter for The New York Times, explains how catastrophe ensued despite those warnings.
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Texas Flooding Shows the Dangers Posed by Hill Country Rivers

Par :Rick Rojas
The rivers etching the terrain are a beloved feature of the rapidly growing region. But last week’s flooding was an agonizing reminder of the dangers they pose.

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The Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Tex. In the region of Texas known as the Hill Country, the rivers that etch an otherwise arid terrain are a defining feature.
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Families Wait for Word of Missing as Texas Floods Death Toll Hits 120

Par :Edgar Sandoval and Pooja Salhotra
Officials defended their actions in the hardest-hit county, where no survivors have been found since Friday. Statewide, 173 people remain unaccounted for, the governor said.

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Search crews sought flood victims along the Guadalupe River near Center Point, Texas, on Tuesday.
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Abbott Calls Seeking Blame for Floods ‘the Word Choice of Losers’

Par :Jack Healy
As both the death toll and number of questions about official preparedness increased, the Texas governor invoked football metaphors, saying “every team makes mistakes.”

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Gov. Greg Abbott speaking with residents after a news conference in Hunt, Texas, on Tuesday.
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As the World Warms, Extreme Rain Is Becoming Even More Extreme

Par :Raymond Zhong
Even in places, like Central Texas, with a long history of floods, human-caused warming is creating the conditions for more frequent and severe deluges.

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A person overlooks flooding at the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on Saturday.
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