Texas Flood Death Toll Rises to 131
Digest more
1 Texas camp reopens
Digest more
3hon MSN
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.
As H-E-B commonly recounts, the grocer was founded in 1905 and built on a $60 investment, starting as a small family grocery store in Kerrville. H-E-B goes on to note that its "Spirit of Giving" tradition,
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.
Southern Career Institutes in Pharr is accepting donations to help the Hill Country flood victims. On July 17, donations will be accepted in all SCI campuses,
Hundreds of people were killed or reported missing after a flash flood in the Texas Hill Country on the Fourth of July.
More than a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.
21hon MSN
The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes slowed the agency's deployment.
The Senate panel consists of seven Republicans and two Democrats. It first meets in Austin next week, then in Kerrville on July 31.