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Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier jumped in to amplify the misinformation - citing a newly passed Florida law banning loosely defined "weather modification" practices that climatologists say have nothing to do with increasingly severe weather events.
Flood warnings were in effect in several areas, including ones that were devastated by the July 4 floods. By the afternoon, the rain had eased up in some parts, and some rescuers resumed their work.
At a news conference Monday, state officials said 101 people remain missing, including 97 in the Kerrville area.
Unfounded rumors linking an extreme weather event to human attempts at weather modification are again spreading on social media. It is not plausible that available weather modification techniques caused or influenced the July 4 flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas.
Organizers accuse the Trump administration of worsening the climate crisis and slashing jobs at federal agencies that offer warnings about weather disasters.
Search and recovery efforts continue in Kerr County, 12 days after the tragic flood that claimed more than 130 lives along the Guadalupe.
A washed-out Guadalupe River appeared stuck in time nearly two weeks after the catastrophe. Large trees laid on their sides, and debris lingered throughout what was left.
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KAMR Amarillo on MSNTexas ‘economic miracle’ crashes into new reality of extreme weatherTexas leaders’ dreams of unlimited development and a rush of artificial intelligence data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme weather, as this month’s flash floods hammer a landscape plagued by long-term drought.
A few thunderstorms are possible on Monday, but much drier conditions are expected soon as the weather pattern shifts.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned areas near the Lampasas River of potential flooding after the river rose 33 feet in just 4 hours.
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Just stepping outside can make you sweat in the summer heat, but Central Texas has not yet had a 100-degree weather day this year.