Texas, the floods
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Following storms and floods that turned deadly over the holiday weekend, flood warnings remained in effect across central Texas on Monday
In areas that see rainfall and increased cloud cover, temperatures are expected to remain below seasonal averages into next week, providing some relief from the summer heat. However, much of central and southern Texas, areas in the recovery phase from the catastrophic flooding, will face dangerous heat instead of renewed flooding.
Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.
The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC News analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency data, satellite imagery and risk modeling.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.
Texas on Saturday faces an upper-atmosphere wave of low pressure that could trigger storms and an increasingly deep flow of Gulf moisture.
Officials criticized the Trump administration for cutting funding to programs that provide meteorological data.
Weather model data shows the National Weather Service had reason to warn of higher flood risks. Still, meteorologists say the agency made reasonable predictions.
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The Mirror US on MSNHarrowing screams heard from packed Texas campground 'washed off map' by deadly floodsA Texas city worker described the screams he heard as 80-mph floodwaters wiped an entire camp of the map. He described how he and his wife stood there, powerless to do anything