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‘Car is being swept away’: Man’s last call to wife as South Korea hit by heavy rain and landslides

Intense monsoon rains batter central and southern parts of South Korea, lashing it with the most rainfall in 120 years

The Independent UK

Why is Pakistan so vulnerable to deadly flooding?

More than 120 people – half of the them children – have died in the past three weeks. Is climate change to blame?

Al Jazeera

20 states sue FEMA for canceling grant program that guards against natural disasters

Twenty Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency over the cancellation of a disaster mitigation grant program

The Independent UK

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Flash Floods Hit New York and New Jersey, Causing Travel Chaos and Road Closures

Torrential rain on 15 July caused deadly flash floods in New York and New Jersey, paralysing transport and prompting a state of emergency. Cleanup and resilience efforts are now underway.

International Business Times UK

How climate crisis makes rainstorms that flooded New York more common

More than 2in of rain fell in an hour in the region, killing two people, and such storms are only going to intensify

The Guardian - US

Texas adds transgender bathroom bill to agenda for special legislative session to deal with deadly flooding

The bill would make transgender people use bathrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth in public places such as schools

The Independent UK

Two women dead after torrential rain floods in New Jersey and parts of New York subway

The unnamed pair were swept off the road and trapped in their car as waters surged in the Cedar Brook, in Plainfield, on Monday night

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Texas death toll reaches 134 as new flash flood watch issued

Authorities admit ‘we don’t know how many we lost’ as local officials receive death threats

The Guardian - US

Two dead in New Jersey as soaked US northeast braces for more rain

Authorities say heavy rains caused flooding throughout the region, swamping infrastructure in New York City and beyond.

Al Jazeera

Camp Mystic Co-Owner Allegedly Waited Nearly an Hour After Alert to Begin Evacuating Campers: Report

The director at Camp Mystic received an alert about life-threatening flash flooding, but waited 45 minutes to evacuate campers according to a preliminary report

Latin Times

NYC subway service operational but some roads in NY and NJ remain closed after heavy rains

New York City’s subway system is fully operational following overnight heavy rains

The Independent UK

How a small East Texas town turned a devastating tornado into funding for sirens

As the public scrutinizes parts of the Hill Country for a lack of sirens during the July 4 floods, Crockett turned its own tragedy into preparedness.

The Texas Tribune

Heavy rains and flash flooding sweep across Northeast

Heavy rain is sweeping across parts of the Northeast, inundating sections of New York and New Jersey with flash flooding that stranded vehicles in roadways, closed subway lines and led to the declaration of a state of emergency

The Independent UK

Did New Jersey's Flood Risk Notifications Fail? Is New York Now At Risk?

Flash floods in New Jersey exposed failures in the state's flood alert system. Could New York face the same risk in coming storms?

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Officials say at least 100 people still missing after July Fourth floods; recovery efforts could take months

At least 132 people have died. State and local leaders say getting an exact figure of the missing is difficult because so many people were visiting the Guadalupe River on the holiday weekend.

The Texas Tribune

Newly formed Texas disaster preparedness and flooding committee will visit Kerr County

The joint House and Senate committee will first meet in Austin next week, then in Kerrville on July 31 to hear from Hill Country residents about their concerns.

The Guardian - US

Texas camp leader waited over an hour after flood warning to evacuate

Camp Mystic leader, who died trying to save small children, waited over an hour after alert before starting evacuation

The Independent UK

Camp Mystic reportedly waited an hour to evacuate after warnings of ‘life-threatening’ Texas floods

Executive Director Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, 70, drowned while trying to rescue some of the youngest girls

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FEMA Allowed Camp Mystic to Operate in 100-Year Flood Zone Despite Decades of Deadly Warnings, Records Show

FEMA approved requests to lift flood restrictions on Camp Mystic buildings for years, enabling expansion in a known hazard zone before the July 4 flash floods killed at least 27 people.

The Guardian - US

A deadly 1987 flood foreshadowed the Texas disaster. Survivors ask, ‘why didn’t we learn?’

The Fourth of July tragedy was described as something no one could have seen coming. But in ‘flash flood alley’, an eerily similar event 40 years ago holds important lessons

The Texas Tribune

Recovering from the floods will be a massive task. One Hill Country restaurant is focusing on the smaller picture.

As residents recover and rebuild, Grape Juice in downtown Kerrville is serving as a hub for people needing meals, supplies and other necessities.

The Independent UK

Hospital evacuated as half of Spain hit by heavy rain

Torrential rain brought flash flooding and chaos to the streets of Spain over the weekend

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: The ‘toxic cocktail’ of climate denial, federal cuts and the Texas floods

In today’s newsletter: Amid at least 129 deaths and billions of dollars of damage, there has been little reckoning about the part global heating and cuts to public services may have played in the disaster

The Independent UK

Search for Texas flood victims to resume after pause due to heavy rains

Search crews are expecting to resume looking for flood victims in Texas after more heavy rains temporarily paused their efforts

The Independent UK

Armies of Texas volunteers dig out, clean up, after fatal floods

Armies of Texan volunteers are leading flood recovery and cleanup, supplementing official efforts even as more flooding hits and the search for the missing continues

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