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A retired nurse, her son and a family friend say they were lucky to survive last week's flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including many summer campers.
Twelve residents were killed in the flooding, with thirteen people rescued from the hardest-hit areas. The Casa Bonita development was particularly devastated, where half of its riverfront cabins were completely flattened by the rushing waters.
The mother of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is promoting a fundraiser by a fine jewelry maker in Texas that has donated $1 million to flooding relief efforts.
Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth holiday floods remain unanswered.
The flooding has transformed Hunt into what observers are describing as a war zone, with the town bustling with search crews, first responders, and volunteers working around the clock. DPS checkpoints have been established to keep out those who don't live in the area as recovery efforts continue.
Following an aerial tour of the area, Abbott told reporters that blame-seeking was “the word choice of losers.” The governor then turned to that most cherished Texas unifier, football, likening emergency responders to a football team faced with a setback.
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Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,
Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt is among those grieving a dead relative after 9-year-old Janie Hunt was a victim of flooding in central Texas.