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Yesterday: I've had it with hearing the same story over and over again鈥攁nother 100-year-plus rainfall event, another tragic result from people occupying the floodplain without an adequate warning system. More pain. More loss. https://www.texasobserver.org/flooding-houston-hill-country-planning/

#water #environment #rivers #floods#Texas #politics#USpol#ClimateChange #weather #history #news

@TexasObserver "We need floodplain maps that are accurate and dependable" #flooding #mapping #climate#LandUse #zoning

"The total amount of rainfall is not really changing but it is being condensed into more of these short, high-intensity events and then longer periods of drought. So we鈥檙e basically getting more drought and more #floods because the rainfall is being condensed into these high-intensity events." https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-rural-texas-resources-floods/

#Texas #weather#ClimateChange #science #news #politics#USpol #environment #water #flooding#CentralTexas#Kerrville

"The total amount of rainfall is not really changing but it is being condensed into more of these short, high-intensity events and then longer periods of drought. So we鈥檙e basically getting more drought and more #floods because the rainfall is being condensed into these high-intensity events." https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-rural-texas-resources-floods/

#Texas #weather#ClimateChange #science #news #politics#USpol #environment #water #flooding#CentralTexas#Kerrville

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Our top story: What happens after the flood and the waters have receded? What comes after all that is left are fractured memories and moldy floorboards? https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/

#history #floods #flooding#CentralTexas#KerrCounty#Kerrville #water#ClimateChange #environment #weather #news

Our top story: What happens after the flood and the waters have receded? What comes after all that is left are fractured memories and moldy floorboards? https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/

#history #floods #flooding#CentralTexas#KerrCounty#Kerrville #water#ClimateChange #environment #weather #news

Several more inches of #rain are expected Sunday in areas of Central #Texas already devastated by #flooding. Up to 4" could fall Sunday, w/ isolated areas potentially receiving up to 10" thru Monday, per #NWS.

Jason Runyen, a meteorologist for Austin, San Antonio & the surrounding areas, said that while river levels across the region had receded, more rain could exacerbate flooding in the area. Flash flooding in the region killed >67 people, w/dozens missing.

#Climate#ExtremeWeather#Trump

Several more inches of #rain are expected Sunday in areas of Central #Texas already devastated by #flooding. Up to 4" could fall Sunday, w/ isolated areas potentially receiving up to 10" thru Monday, per #NWS.

Jason Runyen, a meteorologist for Austin, San Antonio & the surrounding areas, said that while river levels across the region had receded, more rain could exacerbate flooding in the area. Flash flooding in the region killed >67 people, w/dozens missing.

#Climate#ExtremeWeather#Trump

Rescuers searched Saturday for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in the U.S. state of Texas, after torrential rains caused devastating flooding that killed at least 43 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/06/world/missing-girls-texas-flood-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #flooding #rain #texas #us

"After severe flooding in non-evacuated areas in Texas has left at least 24 dead with dozens more missing, including several young girls at a summer camp, Texas officials are blaming their failure to act on a faulty forecast by Donald Trump鈥檚 new National Weather Service gutted by cuts to their operating budget and most experienced personnel."

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Trump #weather#Texas #flooding #NWS
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