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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down exactly how many people remain missing and lawmakers prepare to discuss authorities’ initial response and providing better warning systems. Flash floods killed at least 135 people in Texas over the Fourth of July …

After the Floods, a Pain So Vast It Makes Texas Feel Small  The New York Times A girl’s death in Texas floods is her family’s third loss this year. 3 mementos she left help her mom cope  CNN More Than 38,000 Residential Structures Were Within the Texas Flood Zone Known as ‘Flash Flood Alley’  Realtor.com Death toll in Texas July 4 flooding climbs …

Texas Legislature Special Session Will Answer Questions About Redistricting, Floods  The New York Times Newsom threatens to redraw California House maps in protest at Texas plan  The Guardian Trump pushes Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps to help defend GOP’s House majority  Fox News House Dems are California dreamin’  Punchbowl News ‘Crazy hill to die on’: Newsom jolts California with bid to throw out …

TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. Right now, crews in central Texas are wading through debris and on-and-off rain in the search for those still missing after catastrophic floods in the early morning hours of July 4. While the country was preparing to celebrate, the Guadalupe River rose in some places between 30 and 40 feet, …

Why flash floods like those in Texas and New York are becoming more common  Axios Why Flash Flooding Is Getting Worse Across the U.S. and How to Stay Safe  Time Magazine Climate change is fueling brutal rainstorms. Here’s how to stay safe  NPR The anatomy of a flash flood: Why the Texas flood was so deadly  The Conversation This is why there’s been so …

Why the Subway Still Floods in New York After Billions in Renovations  The New York Times NYC subway flooding: Water rushes into train, MTA CEO and Chair Janno Lieber responds  ABC7 New York NJ family narrowly survives devastating home explosion after evacuating because of floods: ‘The storm saved our lives’  New York Post Two dead after flash flooding in New Jersey and New …

Heavy rain swept across parts of the US north-east on Monday night, inundating sections of New York and New Jersey with flash flooding that stranded vehicles in roadways, closed subway lines and led to a declaration of a state of emergency. Most flash flood watches and warnings expired in parts of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania as the rain …

NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy rain swept across parts of the U.S. Northeast on Monday night, inundating sections of New York and New Jersey with flash flooding that stranded vehicles in roadways, closed subway lines and led to the declaration of a state of emergency. Flash flood watches and warnings were in place in parts of New Jersey, New York, …

New York City was drenched by torrential downpours Monday evening, with more than 2 inches of rain falling in just a single hour, making it the second-wettest hour in the city’s recorded history, one meteorologist said. According to meteorologist Greg Diamond, 2.07 inches of rain fell in Central Park between 7 and 8 p.m. That’s second only to the 3.47 …

The adult leader of Camp Mystic, the Texas summer camp where 27 children and counselors died in the Hill Country floods, waited more than an hour after receiving a severe flood warning before initiating an evacuation, it was disclosed on Monday. Richard “Dick” Eastland, who had run the popular all-girls, Christian-values sleepaway camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River …