Texas, weather and flooding
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Blistering sun and July heat and humidity will provide challenges for recovery and cleanup efforts in the aftermath of the Guadalupe River flood disaster, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
Parts of Central Texas are under yet another flood watch this weekend. The impacted areas are the same as those hit by the July 4 deadly floods.
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.
"A lot of the weather forecast offices now are not operating at full complement of staff," said the former lead of NOAA.
Incredible amounts of moisture in the air fueled a storm that moved slowly and dumped rain over central Texas, creating conditions for fatal flash floods
This page is a summary of news on Texas floods for Friday, July 11. For the latest news on the Texas flooding, read USA TODAY's coverage for Saturday, July 12. President Donald Trump on Friday said he’d never seen destruction from a disaster as bad as what he saw in Texas after he surveyed the damage of catastrophic flooding that tore across the state's Hill Country and as authorities and volunteers continued to search for the missing.
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