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Floods and Other Disasters Kill More People at Night, but Not for the Reasons You Think
It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.
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The Upper Guadalupe River Authority chose tax cuts over improving flood warning systems
An administrator for the Upper Guadalupe River Authority testified that they had twice applied for funds for an alert system ...
The Guadalupe River long has been a haven of adventure and joy. After deadly flooding, it’s a source of grief with an uncertain future
With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.
Search for flood victims has spanned 100 miles of Guadalupe River
Crews have searched “from the headwaters of the Guadalupe River to Canyon Lake and back,” and continue the “intensive search ...
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Live: Guadalupe River flooding death toll rises to 84
Follow along for new developments on the floods along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County and Central Texas. Dozens of subdivisions across Comal County are under boil-water notices because Canyon ...
Exclusive: Kerr County river authority chose tax cuts over alert system upgrades before deadly floods
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority had a $3 million reserve, but cut taxes rather than replacing an outdated flood alert ...
San Antonio cadaver dogs searched the Guadalupe River after the devastating floods
SAN ANTONIO - Vonda and Raven are just two cadaver dogs with the Alamo Area Search & Rescue team that has been active the ...
Texas Faces New Flood Warnings Along the Guadalupe River Less Than 2 Weeks After Disaster Killed More Than 130
New flood warnings have been issued along the Guadalupe River in Texas less than two weeks after flooding killed more than ...
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In Kerr County, some summer camps are reopening after the devastating July 4 flood
At least two summer camps in the Texas Hill Country have invited campers back after sustaining little to no damage from the ...
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Comal County invested $1.92 million in flood alert systems last year, without tax increases or grant funding
Comal County partnered with artificial intelligence company RescAlert to upgrade its previous flood system, which had been in ...
Plans for Guadalupe River flood monitoring system were scheduled to get underway in mid-July
Plans to develop a flood monitoring system in the Texas county hit hardest by deadly floods were scheduled to begin only a ...
How the Guadalupe River grew into the destroyer it became in the July 4 floods, by the numbers
Rain rushing to the Guadalupe took it from a depth of less than 8 feet to 37.5 feet, a deluge with as much volume as an aircraft carrier over five minutes.