For Blake Gerard, a fourth-generation farmer working the flood-prone fields of the Mississippi River bottomlands in Alexander County, Ill., there was no sense in fighting nature.

“I could grow something that would grow in water,” he said. Or quit.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-rice-soy-corn-flooding-mississippi-river?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Climate#ClimateChange#Flood

Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive
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Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy. Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Flood#Drought#Climate

For Blake Gerard, a fourth-generation farmer working the flood-prone fields of the Mississippi River bottomlands in Alexander County, Ill., there was no sense in fighting nature.

“I could grow something that would grow in water,” he said. Or quit.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-rice-soy-corn-flooding-mississippi-river?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Climate#ClimateChange#Flood

Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive
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Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy. Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Illinois#Farming#Agriculture#Flood#Drought#Climate

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Elon Musk is “one of the only people in the world” who could build Houston’s much-needed tunnel system for flood water mitigation.

But his company, Boring, has never completed a major public project in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-wesley-hunt-houston-tunnels-boring-co?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#ElonMusk#Musk#Texas#Houston#Flood#Tunnel

Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.
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ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ipaws-emergency-alerts-local-official-failures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Government#Local#Community#Wildfires#Hurricanes#Flood

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Elon Musk is “one of the only people in the world” who could build Houston’s much-needed tunnel system for flood water mitigation.

But his company, Boring, has never completed a major public project in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-wesley-hunt-houston-tunnels-boring-co?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#ElonMusk#Musk#Texas#Houston#Flood#Tunnel

Stay away from low lying coastal areas and follow instructions from local officials.

#weather #hiwx #flood #earthquake#EAS

Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Texas#KerrCounty#Flood#Law#Emergency#Disaster

Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Texas#KerrCounty#Flood#Law#Emergency#Disaster

Texas flooding is a preview of the new normal.

https://peertube.mesnumeriques.fr/w/1qBLvVuQcFvMugvP18Pz1n

#climatecrisis #texas #flood

Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
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Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Texas#NorthCarolina#TexasFloods#Hurricane #TX#Disaster#Emergency#Flood

Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
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Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Texas#NorthCarolina#TexasFloods#Hurricane #TX#Disaster#Emergency#Flood

The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
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Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flash-flood-camp-mystic-climate-change-trump-noaa-fema?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Climate#ClimateChange#Flood#ExtremeWeather#Texas#Trump

“The rise of temperature has sent a shiver down our spines. We have never before witnessed such weather here.”

As the death toll from severe flooding continues to climb in Texas, USA — and conspiracy theories spread — Pakistan is grappling with its own climate crisis.

Accelerated glacial melt driven by record-breaking summer temperatures, combined with monsoon rains, has triggered deadly flash floods and landslides across the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/09/accelerated-glacial-melt-and-monsoon-rains-trigger-deadly-floods-in-pakistan

#flood #climatechange

“The rise of temperature has sent a shiver down our spines. We have never before witnessed such weather here.”

As the death toll from severe flooding continues to climb in Texas, USA — and conspiracy theories spread — Pakistan is grappling with its own climate crisis.

Accelerated glacial melt driven by record-breaking summer temperatures, combined with monsoon rains, has triggered deadly flash floods and landslides across the country.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/09/accelerated-glacial-melt-and-monsoon-rains-trigger-deadly-floods-in-pakistan

#flood #climatechange

Just donated to All Hands and Hearts— an all-volunteer nonprofit currently in Kerr County, TX helping families affected by the flood move into emergency housing and receive critical support.

If you can’t donate, please like, comment, or share to help spread the word.

#humanitarian #texas #kerrville #flood #compassion #volunteer #america

➡️ https://www.allhandsandhearts.org/

Just donated to All Hands and Hearts— an all-volunteer nonprofit currently in Kerr County, TX helping families affected by the flood move into emergency housing and receive critical support.

If you can’t donate, please like, comment, or share to help spread the word.

#humanitarian #texas #kerrville #flood #compassion #volunteer #america

https://www.allhandsandhearts.org/

The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
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Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flash-flood-camp-mystic-climate-change-trump-noaa-fema?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Climate#ClimateChange#Flood#ExtremeWeather#Texas#Trump