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How a California Cloud-Seeding Company Became the Center of a Texas Flood Conspiracy
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY, JUL 21 – Deadly flash floods on July 4 damaged over 38,600 homes and worsened insurance affordability, with premiums 117% above the national average, officials said.
- In Texas Hill Country, flash floods on July 4, 2025 caused at least 135 deaths, with thousands of properties impacted according to Cotality researchers.
- A severe storm dropped as much as four inches of rain per hour over Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in under 45 minutes.
- Recent assessments reveal extensive home damage and numerous people unaccounted for; Cotality experts found over 38,600 homes damaged across nine counties, and last week 97 people remained missing in Kerr County.
- Homeowners face higher insurance costs and shrinking tax revenues, Cameron LaPoint expects property tax revenues to shrink in the coming months.
- Renters and owners should prepare for rising rents and new tax relief measures, with Dr. Daniel Oney warning rent prices are likely to jump in the short term, and Travis County offering up to 100% exemptions for damaged properties.
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The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn
We forget what we don’t want to remember. While I understand that impulse, there are dangers embedded in our forgetfulness. This is especially true for anyone living in Flash Flood Alley, or what we like to call the Hill Country (a concept that softens the nature of this flood-sculpted and -scoured terrain). So I have come to believe after nearly thirty years of thinking, researching, and writing about the September 1921 flood which ravaged Cent…
The Dallas Morning News: Texas floods show danger of ignoring history and common sense
Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like the Central Texas flash flood, can be averted or minimized when knowledge is combined with appropriate investments in planning, training, warning systems…
Texas authorities significantly reduced the number of people missing after the catastrophic floods in early July, reporting that the search continues to locate three people in the most affected area. Kerr County, the epicenter of the floods, "can confirm that three individuals are still missing at this time after the disaster of July 4,", the local emergency center said in a statement on Saturday night, stating that "the number of people missing…
How did the number of people missing after Texas floods drop so drastically? - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
In the swirl of anguish and uncertainty that followed the devastating floods in Central Texas, one of the most confounding elements of the aftermath was why there were so many people still missing weeks after the disaster. Where were they? Who were they? What happened to them?
Los Angeles Times
How a California cloud-seeding company became the center of a Texas flood conspiracy
Rainmaker, based in Los Angeles, was accused of triggering the deadly Fourth of July flood in Texas.
DNyuz
Texas Floods Could Worsen Housing Market Issues
The flash floods that claimed the lives of at least 135 people in Texas Hill Country on July 4 also impacted thousands of properties that stood along their path of death and destruction, according to estimates by researchers at data-driven tech company Cotality. Using rainfall, stream gage, and property data, Cotality experts recreated the footprint of the flash floods in central Texas, finding that over 38,600 homes in nine counties deemed elig…
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