There was an increase in storm damage and rainfall and flooding in other regions of the state of Texas that were in addition to the ones that were in the disaster declaration that I made yesterday. What I'm going to sign today is a a an expanded disaster declaration that adds the following counties to what I signed yesterday. This disaster declaration includes Bear County, Bernett, Caldwell, Guadaloop, Travis, and Williamson counties.What I can tell you an update, there's 32 deceased. 18 of those are adults ...

This is what left a path of destruction and death in Kurville just about 24 hours ago. If you look at this scene, you can get an appreciation and an understanding for the sheer destruction that ripped through this central Texas town. This is not the riverbed behind me.The Guadalupe River, which exploded and left this damage, is about a football field away. It looks like a tornado ripped through here after the river rose as much as 26 to 30 feet in about an hour. But this is not wind. This is water.You see t ...

Torrential rainfall dowed Kerr County, Texas Friday morning, causing flooding from the Guadalupe River. The death toll has now risen to 24 people and one death was also reported in Kendall County. Rescue teams have been working through the night to find survivors as more than 20 people remain unaccounted for from a summer camp in Hunt, Texas.Authorities saying 14 helicopters are in the air. One rescuer dangling from a chopper, appearing to help someone up in a tree as flooding rages below. Cars lifting off ...

Breaking: At least six people died and over 20 children went missing from a girls' summer camp after widespread flooding in parts of central Texas https://t.co/1s7NvMxiyo ...

The death toll mounts in the catastrophic Texas floods as officials search for more than 20 children unaccounted for at a summer camp https://t.co/79CQlHuuDy ...

This came at night when people were sleeping in bed. Please pray for you. We didn't know this flood was coming. Rest assured, no one knew this kind of flood was coming.We have floods all the time. This is the most dangerous river valley in the United States. I agree.And we and we deal with floods on a regular basis. When it rains, we get water. We had no reason to believe that this was going to be any anything like what's happened here. ...

RT Bloomberg Live (@BloombergLive)As climate-fueled natural disasters ramp up in frequency and intensity, communities are grappling with the difficult decision to rebuild or relocate. @climate’s @leslieatlarge talks with @PSETalk’s Michelle Vargo at #BloombergGreen Seattle. https://t.co/6Dy6jq9KNR https://t.co/o1k0NijQm2 ...

Despite a manga's predictions, natural disaster is no more likely on July 5 than any other day, writes @GearoidReidy. Still, it's good to be ready (via @opinion) https://t.co/PlLtDL61UM ...

What if I told you that the leftovers on four planes are leading the push towards climate change. While we often don't think about hold waste on a daily basis, it's more connected to our lives than we realize. According to the United Nations School of Courts, approximately onethird of food produced is wasted while 828 million people go to bed hungry every night.Yet at the same time, the fossil fuel industry produces 36.8% million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. These three crises, food waste, food i ...

Barbados became the first nation to sell bonds that give the government a break on debt payments if the country is ravaged by a natural disaster or pandemic https://t.co/KpUq4Q4lQG ...