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President Donald Trump’s administration denied Maryland’s request for emergency funds to help Allegany and Garrett County communities still recovering from a historic flash flood in May. Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday the state will appeal Trump’s decision. The Allegany and Garrett County communities had “demonstrated a clear need through FEMA’s own process,” the Democrat said in a statement, referring to …

The Trump administration is targeting sanctuary cities in the next phase of its deportation drive after labelling them “sanctuaries for criminals” following the shooting of an off-duty law enforcement officer in New York City, allegedly by an undocumented person with a criminal record. Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline border czar, vowed to “flood the zone” with Immigration, Customs and Enforcement …

ICE will ‘flood the zone’ in NYC  Politico Noem blames ‘sanctuary’ policies for migrant accused of shooting off-duty CBP officer  Fox News 2 arrested in shooting of off-duty Border Patrol agent in Washington Heights, NYC  ABC7 New York Off-Duty Customs Officer Shot in Robbery Attempt in Park, N.Y.P.D. Says  The New York Times DHS Secretary blames New York City officials, sanctuary city policies for …

U.S. Northeast, Midwest face severe storms, flood threats  Axios Angry storms, ‘heat dome’ threaten to fuel dangerous weather week  Yahoo Home Heavy rain threatens flash flooding for millions across much of the US  CNN Severe weather, flash flood threat impact eastern half of US  ABC News New York City, Boston, Indianapolis among major cities threatened by severe storms, flooding rain on Sunday  FOX Weather Source …

Julia Hatfield was just one of the residents of the Blue Oak RV Park along the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas, when the devastating and deadly flash flood of July 4 decimated the park. Even now, she says, her neighbors are still a long way to rebuilding — and recovering. “This community is going to need so much help,” Hatfield, …

Play Invest 93L: Flood Watches In Effect For LA, MS A tropical disturbance near the northern Gulf Coast only has a small window for development, but poses a threat of flooding rainfall, particularly in Louisiana, regardless. Happening Now The tropical disturbance, called “Invest 93L” by the National Hurricane Center, is centered near the northern Gulf Coast, moving westward. Areas of …

Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood  Politico The local lives claimed by the floods in Central Texas  KVUE In the dark, amid screams, a Camp Mystic counselor had 16 girls and one headlamp  The Washington Post Camp Mystic began evacuating 45 minutes after ‘life-threatening flash flooding’ alert: Spokesperson  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos In …

The leader of Camp Mystic had been tracking the weather before the deadly Texas floods, but it is now unclear whether he saw an urgent warning from the National Weather Service that had triggered an emergency alert to phones in the area, a spokesman for camp’s operators said Wednesday. Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner of Camp Mystic, began taking action …

A flash food warning has been issued for areas of Middlesex and Somerset counties on Wednesday as strong storms lash the state. The warning was in effect from 6:45 p.m. until 10:45 p.m. Another flash flood warning was issued for west central Mercer County at 7:38 p.m. and is in effect until 11:45 p.m. A flash flood warning is issued …

The dam on the Guadalupe River that forms Nimitz Lake, the city of Kerrville’s primary water reservoir. County commissioners say they have a plan to drain at least one of the artificial reservoirs along the river, to facilitate the search for human remains and hazardous debris following the flash flood of July 4. Martin Kaste hide caption toggle caption Martin …