Fatalities confirmed in Central Texas flooding, officials say
More than an entire summer's worth of rain fell in some spots in just a few hours, quickly overwhelmed dry soils and created significant flash flooding.
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More than an entire summer's worth of rain fell in some spots in just a few hours, quickly overwhelmed dry soils and created significant flash flooding.
Amid criticism of budget cuts at NWS, Sen. Ted Cruz defended the agency, saying meteorologists did their job and were not short-staffed during the early morning hours of July Fourth.
Roads disappeared under rushing water. Homes and businesses were submerged as the Fourth of July weekend turned into a rescue mission.
For days before catastrophic floods left parts of Central Texas inundated, the National Weather Service was tracking the chance of rain.
Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours of Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes.
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time.
Their expertise is exactly what officials say is needed to conduct these kinds of rescues.
Keli Rabon's two sons, Braden and Brock, were attending a summer camp when the devastating flash flooding in Texas struck. The boys describe how they escaped the danger and reunited with their mom.
Three girls from Dallas, 8-year-olds Hadley Hanna and Eloise Peck and 9-year-old Lila Bonner, were among the missing Camp Mystic campers.
The death toll, as of Monday afternoon, of 90 fatalities, makes the Central Texas flash floods on July 4 the second-deadliest flood disaster in Texas history.
On Saturday, Mr. Trump said his administration was working with state and local officials and that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would be arriving in Texas shortly. DHS oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Rescue operations are ongoing in Central Texas after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River left 23 girls from Camp Mystic unaccounted for. Officials say dozens have died as catastrophic floods continue to ravage the Hill Country.
Six North Texas girls missing from Camp Mystic in the wake of catastrophic Central Texas flooding have been confirmed dead, their families confirmed.
A New Jersey man with the U.S. Coast Guard is being hailed as a hero for helping rescue more than 165 people from the deadly Texas floods.
CBS News analysis shows there were 22 warnings sent by the National Weather Service for Kerr County and the Kerrville area, but many residents say they didn't get alerts.
At least 89 people died across Texas, including 75 in Kerr County, following extreme flash flooding on July 4.
The Plano residents are watching as their home away from home is wiped off the map.
Water rescues and evacuations are underway in central Texas Friday morning after torrential sent river levels surging and triggering deadly flash flooding.
This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead and displacing more than a million people across the region.
Fire officials said they were still searching for two people who were missing
The San Antonio Fire Department told CBS News on Saturday that 13 people have been found dead after flooding on highways in Texas.
After a morning of storms across North Texas, skies are clearing up and rain chances remain isolated.
Joseph Kidwiler called the overnight flooding in Santo devastating as he continued to inventory his family's losses.
The Santo Volunteer Fire Department in Palo Pinto County reported water as high at four feet in some areas of town after heavy rainfall on June 11 and 12.
Flash flooding is possible with these storms.
