Beginning at 8 years old, Chloe Childress followed a family tradition of spending summers at Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp for girls located along the Guadalupe River in Texas Hill Country in an area known as “Flash Flood Alley.” This year, she turned 18, and went from camper to counselor. “She was very…
A mapping tool that aims to provide forecasters and communities with flooding information has expanded to cover 60% of the U.S. population, the National Weather Service announced Thursday. With this development, the experimental tool promises to serve twice as many Americans as it did before. The Flood Inundation Mapping, or FIM, tool is designed to…
When Stuart Eves moved to the coastal village of Fairbourne in northern Wales 50 years ago, he thought it would be home for life. He fell in love with his “slice of paradise”, sandwiched between the rugged mountains of the Snowdonia National Park and the Irish Sea. But while he was watching the evening news…
Texas flooding survivors still struggling to recover amid push to pass new safety laws – CBS News Watch CBS News The Texas legislature passed a law that requires youth camps to created detailed evacuation plans after 27 girls died in flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas. Jason Allen reports that residents are still struggling to…
Families of Camp Mystic flood victims plead for change at Texas hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Lawmakers in Texas Wednesday heard from the families of those who died in the July 4th flood at Camp Mystic. More than two dozen campers and counselors were among 135 people killed in the floods. Jason Allen…
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At least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated in Juneau after flooding caused by water coming from a glacier-dammed lake, officials said Sunday. The Mendenhall River flooded Saturday because of a major release from Suicide Basin above Alaska’s capital city, a news release from the City and Borough of…
Alaska’s capital city faced record floodwaters Wednesday stemming from a basin dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier, which released an “outburst flood” that threatened parts of Juneau. Water levels in the Mendenhall River reached unprecedented heights in the early morning hours and peaked at around 7:15 a.m. local time before beginning to fall, the National Weather…
A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car during heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday. The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management spokesperson…
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Some Juneau residents in the flood zone have evacuated, heeding warnings, and officials there intensified their warnings Tuesday, saying “Don’t wait, Evacuate TONIGHT.” On…