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Volunteer teams prepare meals as Texas flood recovery continues

Volunteers are delivering hot meals to emergency crews and flood victims across Texas, as communities rally to support recovery efforts after last week’s deadly disaster.

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Over 160 people still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says

The death toll from flash floods which struck Texas last week has now climbed to at least 107. More than 160 people are still missing, according to the state's governor.

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Watch: Rapid floodwaters sweep through Texas camp region

Footage shared from Center Point, Texas shows water surging under a bridge in minutes on Friday, ripping trees from the ground and leaving devastation behind.

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More than 100 killed after catastrophic Texas floods

Search and rescue efforts in flood-ravaged Texas entered a fifth day, as the death toll is expected to rise.

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Families return to ruins after Texas flooding that left dozens dead

Returning to Camp Mystic in central Texas, families faced the devastation left by flash floods, sifting through sodden debris and broken structures.

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‘Nobody saw this coming’: Did climate change fuel the Texas floods?

Deadly floods have devastated Texas. Experts say climate change is making disasters like these harder to predict.

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Death toll in Texas rises to 82, with 10 campers still missing

Texas governor Greg Abbott vowed that authorities would work around the clock and said new areas were being searched as the water receded. He declared Sunday a day of prayer for the state.

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Death toll from Texas floods reaches 70 as search for missing goes on

Texas flash floods have killed 70 people, mostly in Kerr County. The number of missing girls from Camp Mystic is down to 11. Rescue operations are ongoing.

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Texas floods kill at least 27 and leave more than 20 children missing

Desperate pleas peppered social media as loved ones sought any information available about people caught in the flood zone.

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SpaceX rocket explodes into giant fireball, but no injuries reported

Elon Musk's company asked locals not to approach the area while safing operations are underway.

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Demonstrators rally across US against ICE and Trump’s military orders

Protests against immigration enforcement and President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles have spread across the United States this week.

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New investigation links Texas fracking to European plastics

More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.

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Snowball fights go viral as Texas and Gulf Coast face unusual blizzard

Videos posted on social media captured nuns having a snowball fight and Houston firefighters having a friendly battle as a rare storm swept across Texas and the Gulf Coast. The snow closed motorways, grounded flights and closed schools for more than a million pupils unaccustomed to winter weather.

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Mike Tyson - aged 58 - loses on points to Jake Paul in Texas

Paul won an eight-round unanimous decision over Tyson in a fight between the 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer and the former heavyweight champion.

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Beyoncé lights up Democrat campaign after joining Harris at rally

The superstar warned the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that Donald Trump was dead set on further eroding women’s rights.

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CrossFit Games athlete dies in Texas lake swimming event

A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event on Thursday in a Texas lake.

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Paul Alexander, the 'man in the iron lung,' dies aged 78

After contracting polio aged 6, Alexander went on to spend his entire life paralysed from the neck down and living in a cylinder that encased his body.

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Do wind turbines still work in freezing temperatures?

From Texas to Sweden, misinformation about wind farms tends to circulate as the mercury drops. Here’s what you need to know.

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Did Texas install a river barrier with chainsaws to injure migrants?

Some social media users and politicians say such a device has been placed in the Rio Grande River to purposefully injure those who try and enter the US from Mexico.

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Culture Re-View: The first ever Juneteenth is marked in Texas

On this day in 1865, Juneteenth came into being, celebrating African-American culture - and a watershed moment in the history of slavery.

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