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Stores and restaurants around town are giving money and distributing supplies to people affected by floods in Central Texas.
Thursday at P. Terry’s West Campus location to help raise awareness for their fundraiser, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans, hoping to give them
Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent? A: The Trump administration did not defund the NWS but did reduce the staff by 600 people.
Austin’s music community is hosting benefit shows as well as running ticket and merchandise fundraisers to support July 4 flood relief efforts.
Gov. Greg Abbott called for the first special session of the 89th Texas State Legislature Wednesday, and set 18 topics for the session. Transgender advocacy groups said that one topic will impact
Flash floods in Texas killed more than 100 people over the holiday weekend and left others still missing, including girls attending a summer camp.
The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic flooding — because of an $800,000 dispute with the state government. “Highly trained swift water rescue teams” were requested by the state in last week before the floods.
Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.