Newly released aerial images show destruction at several locations in Central Texas, days after flash floods killed more than 120 people and left about 170 people missing. Many of the victims were in Kerr County, a flood-prone area where the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in less than an hour. Photos provided by aerial imagery…
What makes central Texas’ flash flood alley so dangerous? – CBS News Watch CBS News After catastrophic floods hit Texas’ Hill Country, many are asking about preparations for the next big flood. Jason Allen spoke to Jay Banner, climatologist at University of Texas at Austin, on the banks of the Guadalupe River. Be the first…
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Volunteers gather personal items and mementos found along the river after Texas floods – CBS News Watch CBS News Thousands of searchers are still racing against time, desperately scouring the rugged terrain for survivors of last week’s deadly flash floods. As Karen Hua reports, even members of a Facebook group have joined the mission, recovering…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s recent severe rainstorms are the result of a monsoon providing rich moisture that amplified the residual impact of storm Danas,…
After years of unsuccessful attempts to finance and build a public alarm network that would warn residents of Kerr County, Texas, about dangerous flooding, officials in the region, nicknamed “flash flood alley,” were going to start developing a centralized flood monitoring system this summer to help leaders and emergency managers plan ahead. On July 4,…
In the aftermath of the catastrophic flash flooding in Central Texas, false claims have spread online blaming the disaster on a decades-old weather modification technique called cloud seeding. Posts suggesting a connection between the deadly floods and a small cloud seeding operation that was carried out in the region days earlier have been shared widely…
Avantika Gori is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Houston’s Rice University who is currently examining how to improve flood hazard detection and resilience in rural counties in Texas. Her three-year project began in 2025—so far it’s been funded with $1 million from the National Science Foundation. That’s only enough, she says,…
閱讀中文版本 The Labour Department has reminded employers to make prior work arrangements for employees during and after rainstorm warnings as early as possible. Affected by the heavy rain and squally thunderstorms brought by the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Danas and the active southwest monsoon, the weather conditions in Hong Kong are expected to remain severe….
Texas flood alerts delayed as dispatchers waited for authorization, former county official says – CBS News Watch CBS News John David Trolinger, former information technology director for Kerr County, helped install the area’s CodeRED emergency alert system. He shared with Jason Allen what he heard on the emergency radio transmissions as the Guadalupe River was…