Texas Hill Country floods
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The country singer’s brother and sister-in-law passed away and their children are missing after the devastating floods that hit Texas on July 4.
After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.
Gary, DeeAnn, Jake and Megan all lost their lives. Harley is still among the missing. Both families lived in Canyon Lake but have ties to the Houston and Mont Belvieu areas. Hutch and Beth Bryan, formerly of Houston, died in the Texas Hill Country flooding.
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For the third straight day, thunderstorms have posed what meteorologists call life-threatening conditions in the Hill Country, where flooding earlier this month killed at least 131 people.
More than 130 people are dead after devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that began early on the Fourth of July.
Residents south of the San Saba River in west-central Texas have been ordered to evacuate because of surging waters.
The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes slowed the agency's deployment.