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Camp Mystic had a disaster plan before the flood
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The U.S. President travels to central Texas to survey damage from the July 4 flash flood that killed at least 120 people.
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Trump, though, has also used past disaster response efforts to launch political attacks. While still a candidate trying to win back the presidency, Trump made his own visit to North Carolina after Helene last year and accused the Biden administration of blocking disaster aid to victims in Republican-heavy areas.
Insurance brokers say more people are asking whether they should buy flood insurance -- even if they don’t live in a high-risk areas.
CNN recounts what happened in the first 48 hours of the flood.
Pat Green, a country artist who racked up multiple hits during the 2000s, has lost several family members in the deadly Texas floods. Green’s young brother John, his wife, Julia, and two of their children were swept away by the flood in Kerrville, KCEN-TV reported.
Renee Smajstrla, a 8-year-old straight-A student from Ingram, Texas, who had played a role in her school’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” was one of the victims who died in the flash floods at Camp Mystic, her family said.
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins interviews Augustus Doricko, CEO and founder of a cloud seeding company called Rainmaker, after he says he was targeted by conspiracy theorists online in the aftermath of the devastating floods in central Texas.
Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery phase