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Searchers in helicopters and on horseback comb Texas flood debris for missing people

HUNT, Texas (AP) — Crews used backhoes and their bare hands Wednesday to dig through piles of debris that stretched for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to the Hill Country region

Jul 9, 2025 7:30 AM Read more >

Multiple earthquakes kill 2 people in Guatemala, cause landslides and evacuations

A series of dozens of earthquakes were recorded in the span of hours in Guatemala , leaving two dead when rocks fell on their vehicle, authorities said. Landslides left several others buried.

Jul 9, 2025 6:50 AM Read more >

Focus on first responders' mental health grows as death toll rises in flood-ravaged Texas

INGRAM, Texas (AP) — Riding on horseback through brush and over numerous dead turkeys, Margo Mellon spent Tuesday scanning the flood-ravaged ground of Texas’ Hill Country for dead bodies.

Jul 9, 2025 6:10 AM Read more >

3 dead as flash flooding hits mountain village of Ruidoso in New Mexico, officials say

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Monsoon rains in southern New Mexico triggered flash flooding that killed three people and was so intense an entire house was swept downstream in a mountain village that is a popular summer retreat, officials said.

Jul 9, 2025 4:44 AM Read more >

A wildfire that reached Marseille is pushed back but not extinguished

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A wildfire that reached France's second-largest city and left 110 injured was pushed back overnight but was not yet extinguished Wednesday, authorities said.

Jul 9, 2025 12:03 AM Read more >

3 missing, house swept away as flash flooding hits mountain village in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — At least three people were missing in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding Tuesday that was so intense an entire house was swept downstream.

Jul 8, 2025 11:08 PM Read more >

Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA

Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.

Jul 8, 2025 9:03 PM Read more >

Rescuers search for 19 missing and recover 9 bodies after flooding in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Dozens of rescuers searched the banks of a mountain river Wednesday looking for people missing after monsoon floods swept away Nepal's main bridge connecting to the country to China and caused at least nine deaths.

Jul 8, 2025 8:49 PM Read more >

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show

HUNT, Texas (AP) — Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic’s emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.

Jul 8, 2025 7:06 PM Read more >

Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm's way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed more than 100 people, including 27 children and counselors at an all-girls C

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