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Hurricane center keeps forecasting potential system near Florida

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The National Hurricane Center continued Sunday to predict a system could develop near Florida this week that could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, forecasters said a trough of low pressure is likely to form near the southeastern U.S. coast in the next day or two and then ...Read more

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Search for Texas flooding victims suspended amid new heavy rains

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Emergency crews in central Texas suspended their search for victims of recent catastrophic flooding as another night of heavy rain touched off new flash flood warnings.

The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office ordered volunteers, equipment and vehicles to vacate the area around Guadalupe River as water is expected to rise, it said on its Facebook ...Read more

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Search for Texas flooding victims suspended amid new heavy rains

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Emergency crews in central Texas suspended their search for victims of recent catastrophic flooding as another night of heavy rain touched off new flash flood warnings.

The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office ordered volunteers, equipment and vehicles to vacate the area around Guadalupe River as water is expected to rise, it said on its Facebook ...Read more

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Hurricane center eyes potential system to form near Florida

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began forecasting a system to form later this week near Florida with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In its 8 p.m. tropical outlook, the NHC said it expects a broad area of low pressure to over the next couple of days near the southeastern U.S...Read more

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Idaho drought conditions worsen fire risk, water shortage

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BOISE, Idaho — Nearly record-low rain in the spring combined with extreme heat could put a strain on agriculture and worsen fire risk throughout Idaho, weather officials have warned.

Most of the state is under drought after a particularly dry spring, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, prompting water shortages, while the Boise area’s ...Read more

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Hurricane center eyes potential system to form near Florida

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Saturday began forecasting a system to form later this week near Florida with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

In its 2 p.m. tropical outlook, the NHC said it expects a broad area of low pressure to form over the next several days off of the ...Read more

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Trump in Texas says devastation from floods is 'hard to believe'

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President Donald Trump said it was “hard to believe the devastation” as he visited Texas to see firsthand the damage from extreme floods that killed at least 120 people and left scores still missing in the state’s Hill Country region.

Trump’s visit was aimed at reassuring residents that the federal government was committing the ...Read more

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Trump sees devastation from Texas floods in visit to state

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President Donald Trump in Texas on Friday viewed firsthand the devastation left by extreme flooding that killed at least 120 people and left scores still missing in the state’s Hill Country region, seeking to reassure residents of the federal response to the disaster.

The president met with local officials and emergency workers in hard-hit ...Read more

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Dennis Quaid's teen daughter worked near Camp Mystic during Texas floods

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Dennis Quaid’s teen daughter is “safe” after last week’s deadly flooding in Texas killed at least 27 people at an all-girls Christian summer camp not far from where she was a counselor.

During an appearance on Fox News Thursday, Quaid — a Texas native who himself spent two childhood summers at camp in Hill Country — said 17-year-old...Read more

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Trump heads to Texas as flooding death toll rises and questions swirl

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President Donald Trump headed to Texas on Friday to survey the devastation from the July 4 flooding catastrophe as the death toll rose to at least 121 and questions swirl over glaring failures in the disaster preparedness plans.

As the commander-in-chief and First Lady Melania Trump get a firsthand look at the damage and recovery effort, Trump ...Read more

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Death toll rises in Texas as rescuers search for 160 missing

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Crews in central Texas are digging through massive piles of debris, overturned vehicles and shattered homes for a sixth day as the search continues for victims of flash floods that killed more than 100 people over the Fourth of July weekend.

At least 160 people are still missing in Kerr Country, the hardest-hit area of the Texas Hill Country. ...Read more

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'Our angel on earth': Camp Mystic parents mourn girls who died in Texas flood

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Grieving families of the 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic believed to have died in the Central Texas flash flood on July 4 have identified some of the girls whose tragic loss has left them “utterly shattered.”

While most of the children lost to the flood at the all-girls Christian summer camp on the Guadalupe River in Texas’ ...Read more

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Rescuers search for 160 Texas flood victims as death count rises

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Crews in central Texas are digging through massive piles of debris, overturned vehicles and shattered homes for a sixth day as the search continues for victims of flash floods that killed more than 100 people over the Fourth of July weekend.

At least 160 people are still missing in Kerr Country, the hardest-hit area of the Texas Hill Country. ...Read more

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More than 161 missing in Texas flood epicenter as search goes on

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Search crews slogged through thick mud and debris Tuesday in central Texas, where more than 100 people are confirmed dead after catastrophic flooding.

Authorities described the search as grueling and slow-moving, with unstable rubble piles and high water complicating recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River. Governor Greg Abbott, visiting ...Read more

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Editorial: Texas camp tragedy brings out best and worst of us

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Tragedies bring out the best in people — at least that’s the assumption of a decent society. For some, however, the misfortune of others prompts them to unleash the most vile and abhorrent of screeds.

When torrential rains in central Texas caused the surging Guadalupe River to flood Friday morning, the swift, deadly waters washed away much ...Read more

Washington state drought deepens and the summer forecast offers no respite

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There’s more to these pleasant, sunny days in Seattle than meets the eye.

Yes, this is summer and it’s supposed to be hot and dry. But this year we’re much drier than normal and, fresh off major droughts in 2024 and 2023, the effects of these lingering dry spells is compounding.

You’re not in danger of losing food, water or electricity...Read more

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No alerts heard in deadly Texas flash flood as 161 still missing

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In the early hours of July 4, the only sound many of the vacationers along the banks of the Guadalupe River would have heard was pounding rain and thunder. They didn’t get any official warning of the rapidly rising waters that ultimately proved deadly to dozens of people swept away in central Texas flash floods.

Investigators sorting through ...Read more

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Chantal brought flooding and tornadoes to central North Carolina

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RALEIGH, N.C. — By the time Chantal had reached central North Carolina on Sunday, July 6, it had already been downgraded to a tropical depression.

The storm, which made landfall Sunday in South Carolina as a tropical storm, brought heavy rain to central North Carolina, with areas in Alamance, Orange, Durham and Chatham counties seeing the ...Read more

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Texas governor says 161 people missing as crews scour flood zone

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Search crews slogged through thick mud and debris Tuesday in central Texas, where more than 100 people are confirmed dead after catastrophic flooding.

Authorities described the search as grueling and slow-moving, with unstable rubble piles and high water complicating recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River. Governor Greg Abbott, visiting ...Read more

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Commentary: The Texas floods were made worse by climate denialism

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The tragic news out of central Texas has been heartbreaking, but it’s also been maddening — because so many lives could have been saved if elected officials had done their jobs. They owe the families who lost loved ones — the death toll from the Fourth of July floods is now at more than 100 — more than thoughts and prayers. They owe them...Read more