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The ‘ghost lake’ returns: California’s largest lost water body resurfaces after 130 years

Tulare Lake has made a surprising comeback, once known as Pa'ashi by the Tachi Yokut tribe. This rare event shows how a long-gone terminal lake can reclaim its original basin. It used to be the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi until it was drained in the late 1800s…

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Defiant Border Czar Rejects Claims Trump Is Going Soft on Immigration, Says 'Mass Deportations Are Coming'

He also warned states and cities with sanctuary-style policies that federal officers would be deployed in larger numbers: "we're going to flood the zone"

Latin Times

Texas lawmakers repeatedly failed to pass flood protections. Some could have saved lives.

Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. Some measures would have prohibited youth camps and new construction in high-risk flood areas.

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Top Texas lawmakers support lifting summer camp safety requirement made in wake of deadly floods

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said they’re asking the state health agency to lift the fiber optics requirement that some camps are struggling to address.

The Texas Tribune

Thousands Of Vehicles Are Misrepresented Each Year, Making Flood-Damage Checks Essential When Buying Used

The used car market looks like a treasure hunt, packed with shiny deals and tempting price tags that feel too good to ignore. Behind that polished exterior, however, thousands of vehicles carry a messy past that sellers conveniently leave out. Flood-damaged vehicles quietly circulate every year, often cleaned up just…

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Canadian 'emoji' lake vanishes after dramatic, landslide-like collapse — Earth from space

A pair of satellite photos reveals the drastic transformation of Canada's Lake Rouge, which was fully drained after the sudden collapse of one of its banks. A multitude of factors led to the demise of the shocked-emoji-like lake, experts say.

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UK beaver rewilding row: Reform council backs river releases to fight flooding despite party opposition

Leicestershire's Reform UK-led council has defied its party's national stance by approving beaver releases to combat flooding. This move, supported by local councillors, highlights an internal party division on rewilding. Beavers, natural engineers, are recognized for their flood mitigation and habitat restoration benefits, a stark contrast to Reform's broader opposition…

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Reform UK council backs release of beavers amid party row over rewilding

Councillors in Leicestershire support move in efforts to reduce flooding as Reform faces divisions on nature policy

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8 Shocking YouTube Settings You Must Change Today

You open YouTube for just one video and before you realise it, an hour is gone. Ads interrupt your flow. Recommendations keep pulling you deeper. Notifications never seem to stop. At some point, it stops feeling like you’re choosing what to watch and starts feeling like something else is choosing…

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‘Living in survival mode’: Houston’s embattled immigrant community faces health, climate and petrochemical crises

Amid immigration raids, chemical spills, massive floods and costly healthcare, less-affluent residents of one of the most diverse US cities struggle to pull through

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Why No One Could Measure Hanuman’s Tail

What if a divine secret has been hiding in plain sight for centuries? A temple, a statue, a belief and a mystery no one has been able to solve. There is a place where Hanuman is not standing, but lying down, and this unusual form leaves visitors amazed. The most…

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Camp Mystic officially ends push to reopen one year after deadly floods

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Camp Mystic halts summer reopening after Texas flood deaths

Decision follows pressure from lawmakers and families as investigations continue into response to deadly disaster

The Guardian - US

Camp Mystic won’t reopen this year ‘while so many Texans still carry the pain’ from last summer

Last week, camp organizers ran into massive hurdles trying to obtain licenses to reopen this summer. Texas state regulators found nearly two dozen deficiencies in emergency operations

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London among least prepared UK cities for floods, research finds

The capital has been named among the British cities most vulnerable to floods and storms

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Camp Mystic director says ‘we tried our hardest’ in deadly flood: ‘It wasn’t enough to save your daughters’

Tearful testimony details missed warnings and lack of plan as families oppose reopening of Texas camp

The Times of India

80% of England’s high-risk flood homes now in urban areas

Urban neighborhoods are now facing a dramatic rise in the risk of surface-water floods, with a tripling likelihood that severely impacts low-income tenants in social housing. This mounting crisis, fueled by climate change and aging infrastructure, threatens to worsen the financial strains on these communities.

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Camp Mystic director cries ‘we tried our hardest’ in tearful apology to families of 27 campers killed in flood

Legislators questioned several of the decisions made during the flood that delayed an evacuation and ultimately cost lives

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Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds

Exclusive: 839,000 homes in urban areas face threat of surface-water flooding, with social housing tenants most vulnerable to costs

The Texas Tribune

Camp Mystic director apologizes to families of campers, counselors who died in flood

Parents confronted the Eastlands in an emotional hearing Tuesday over the camp’s failure to protect the children it was entrusted to care for.

The Independent UK

Camp Mystic director offers tearful apology to victims' families during legislative hearing

One of the directors of Camp Mystic has offered a tearful apology to the families of the 25 girls and two teen counselors killed in the 2025 Texas flood

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A timeline of key events in the deadly flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas

Twenty-five girls and two teenage camp counselors were killed when an all-girls Christian camp in Texas was overrun by floodwaters during the July 4 holiday last year

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Climate change hits South African women unevenly: why race, class, age and power matter

As heat, floods and drought intensify, governments, donors and cities rely on climate risk assessments to decide who gets support and where money goes. A climate risk assessment uses information on climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability and responses to identify where, who or what is most at risk to climate impacts.

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Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’

Exclusive: Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searched

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Cincinnati’s first female police chief fired after refusing to flood crime hotspots with cops

Cincinnati’s first female police chief is out after refusing to flood crime hotspots with more officers. Teresa Theetge was fired on April 23, 2026, ending a 35-year career with the city’s police department and a three-year run as its top cop. City Manager Sheryl Long made the call, saying a…

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