Emergency response questioned in Texas floods
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Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the state's Hill Country.
CNN recounts what happened in the first 48 hours of the flood.
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A week after catastrophic floods in Central Texas, key questions remain unanswered about how state and local officials prepared for and responded to the disaster.
Trump describes Texas floods as ‘a horrible thing ' as he and first lady head to the devastated area
President Donald Trump extended a major disaster declaration to more Texas counties ahead of his visit to the flood-ravaged area.
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Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
A map from AccuWeather warned that the highest-risk areas for flash flooding are Southern New Jersey, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, much of Maryland, Eastern and Central Virginia and Northern North Carolina. Downpours associated with the storms could be severe enough to cause travel disruptions and flash floods, the map said.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins interviews Augustus Doricko, CEO and founder of a cloud seeding company called Rainmaker, after he says he was targeted by conspiracy theorists online in the aftermath of the devastating floods in central Texas.
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Insurance brokers say more people are asking whether they should buy flood insurance -- even if they don’t live in a high-risk areas.
The homeland security secretary slammed a CNN report detailing how a rule she put in place slowed down FEMA's response to the tragedy.