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Dozens of girls were killed in the July 4 floods at the height of summer camp season. Who should have known better?
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from ...
At least 135 people, including 37 children, died in the torrential downpour over the July 4 holiday weekend. The number of ...
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them ...
The official tally of storm-related deaths across Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet another round of ...
Even in places where the floods have let up, the storm isn’t over: Floods can lead to excess deaths long after the actual ...
The July 4 Texas Hill Country flash flooding event is the latest to hit the region known as “Flash Flood Alley,” as Texas ...
The deaths of children at Camp Mystic show a heartbreaking failure of local, state and federal government to invest in people, prepare for disasters.
In the survey — which sampled 1,680 U.S. adults — 52% of respondents said that most of the deaths could have been prevented if the government had been more adequately prepared. Twenty-nine percent ...
More than half of Americans in a new poll said the government could have prevented the deaths due to the recent destructive flooding in Texas. When asked in the poll from The Economist/YouGov if ...
Just before daybreak on July 4, the destructive, fast-moving waters rose 26 feet on the Guadalupe, washing away homes and ...
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