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New questions over use of alerts before devastating Texas floods
NBC News· 2025-07-13 01:00
Underneath the rugged waters of the Guadalupe, the desperate search drives on. Elite forensic divers from across the country giving their time and money to search for bodies. How dangerous is this recovery work.There is a bit of risk to it just because of the visibility. We don't have any visibility at all. So, everything's by feel.The work is hard, slow, and heavy. Divers scour muddy water up to 15 feet deep to answer please for help from grieving families. He said please.He said I don't know where my litt ...
Maddow: Texas floods expose stakes of Trump-era weather service cuts
MSNBC· 2025-07-12 19:17
Part of recovering from this historic and horrifying disaster is of course understanding whether we were ready for it, whether we could have done more. Quote, "Staff vacancies hit Texas weather offices as they brace for a busy hurricane season. " This was May of this year from KY in Austin. Warnings, fears of impacts of staffing cuts at National Weather Service. This was from even earlier from from April from KXAN in Austin. Head of local weather warnings takes early retirement as Noah cuts continue. That o ...
Nine million under flood alerts as families still search for 170 missing in Texas
NBC News· 2025-07-11 00:00
Relentless rain leaving parts of the east coast a waterlogged mess. Overnight in North Carolina, flash floods submerged entire neighborhoods. Look at that.Similar scenes to the north in New Jersey and Massachusetts where this morning's commute descended into chaos after sections of the critical I93 interstate washed out. Some drivers rescued from nearby roads. My car started filling up with water all the way up to the seat inside.There were three officers that uh I had to climb through the window and he gav ...
Crews assessing damage after deadly New Mexico flooding
NBC News· 2025-07-09 19:51
We are tracking more catastrophic and deadly flooding. This time in New Mexico. Heavy rain triggered historic flooding in the mountain town of Ruidoso yesterday.It was so intense, an entire home, look at that, ripped off his foundation, swept all the way downstream. New drone video shows a look at some of the devastating aftermath today. Authorities say at least three people were killed, including two children.Dozens of others had to be rescued from their flooded homes and streets. And today, there's a slig ...
Texas RV park owner says she received alert before deadly floods
NBC News· 2025-07-09 19:27
You have said in past interviews there was nothing to indicate uh that there was going to be a flood at your park. Was there anything that led you to believe you were all safe. Are there any questions you have for leaders about the warning systems in place.We get flash floods all the time. We have a lot of water crossings. They get flooded for any little bitty rain and it's just very normal.We did get a flash flood alert. Um, I actually drove down to the edge of the river around 2 2:30 in the morning. Uh, a ...
Why was Texas flood alert not acted on? Ex-NOAA official discusses the response
MSNBC· 2025-07-09 15:20
Joining us now is former Noah administrator Rick Spinrad. Rick, thanks for taking the time. Before we get into the warnings and potential lapses in communication, she's got to get from your own experience.Was this flood an outlier during your tenure. Were there any flash floods in which waters rose this rapidly. Well, we've seen these kinds of events increasingly more frequently over the last several years.By comparison, some 20 or 30 years ago, we would only see, say, three or four billion dollar disasters ...
NBC News’ Morgan Chesky talks with his mom about evacuating Texas floods in their hometown
NBC News· 2025-07-09 15:02
Mom, how you hanging in. We're doing well. We feel very fortunate that we were able to basically get through this with minimal damage to our property and no damage to our lives.I am really greatly feeling the loss of our community members, especially Jane as I went to school with her and she was a ray of sunshine and I want everybody to know she was also a very strong and capable person. I know people have already heard me say that growing up in Kurville, you grow up with an awareness of what the river's ca ...
'A gut punch for this community': More than 160 missing in Kerr County after floods
MSNBC· 2025-07-09 11:20
Joining us now, NBC News senior national correspondent Jay Gray, live this morning from Kurville, Texas. Jay, what's the latest today. Well, Ma, I I think we need to have some perspective here.You know, we'd been told dozens were missing for days. The numbers were, and I'm quoting here from officials, a lot. I don't think anyone expected to hear the governor reveal that there are more than 160 missing just here in Kirk County alone.over 170 across the six counties affected by this flooding. It's been a gut ...
Videos show life-threatening flash flooding in New Mexico
NBC News· 2025-07-09 01:30
hour. Look at this. This is just coming into us. Some of these videos here. This one shot by a person named Charlie Rivers. Look at that. The water rushing past buildings and homes. You can see some of the debris there as well. Let me get right to Bill Karens. You hate to see this Bill as we are coming off of, you know, the fourth day now, fifth day of that flash flooding in Texas. This is not First of all, it's daytime. It doesn't look as bad, but help us understand the risk here. All right. So, we're in N ...