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As rescue efforts end, volunteers and retired responders reflect on the toll — and the hope — of bringing closure to families.
Satellite images show the damage left behind after floodwaters rushed through Camp Mystic, Camp La Junta and other summer camps on July 4.
I thought of that scene recently while watching a video of a similar section of the river. In one, sunbathers are lazing in a few inches of water; in the next, all you can see is a brown, foaming, angry current.
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A week after catastrophic floods in Central Texas, key questions remain unanswered about how state and local officials prepared for and responded to the disaster.
Camille Santana tragically lost her life during the Fourth of July floods that swept through Central Texas. Three other members of her family remain missing.
Officials in Texas are facing questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm's way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed at least 120 people, including more than two dozen children and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp.
Well, it could take months for Texas families to experience some form of closure as more than 170 people remain missing, nearly a week after those deadly floodwaters rushed in the Texas Hill Country on July 4 as four months of rain fell in just two days over central Texas.
Heavy rains in Texas Hill Country alleviated drought, but Medina County still faces exceptionally dry conditions.