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Survived a Fire or Flood? There May Be Mortgage Help Arriving

Senate bill offers pause on mortgage payments for federally backed loans for natural-disaster victims

(Newser) - New Senate legislation aims to give natural disaster survivors a bit more breathing room when it comes to paying their mortgages. The Mortgage Relief for Disaster Survivors Act, introduced Thursday by Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Michael Bennet of Colorado, would allow homeowners with federally backed loans in...

Temperatures in Eastern US Set to Drop Sharply

Heat warnings might soon be replaced by flood warnings

(Newser) - After weeks of relentless heat in the eastern US, a sharp and sudden cooldown is on the way—offering a rare taste of early summer chill, but bringing the threat of storms and renewed flooding along with it. A cold front, tagged along by high pressure from Canada, will...

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'70s Band Cans Entire Tour: 'Blame It on the Weather'

Steve Miller Band may be first group to cancel slate of shows over climate change

(Newser) - The Steve Miller Band has checked out the meteorological forecast for its upcoming concert tour around North America and cancelled shows because of it—dozens of them, making up the entire 2025 itinerary that was set to kick off in mid-August, reports People . "You can blame it on the...

Inspectors Visited Texas Camp 2 Days Before Flood

Inspectors signed off on doomed camp's disaster planning on July 2

(Newser) - Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed at least 27 campers and counselors at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children, the AP reports. The Department of State Health Services released records Tuesday showing the camp complied with...

Flash Flooding Hits New Mexico Mountain Village

A house was swept downstream in Ruidoso

(Newser) - Floodwaters trapped people in their homes and cars Tuesday in a mountain village in southern New Mexico as monsoon rains triggered flash flooding and an entire house was swept downstream. Emergency crews carried out at least 85 swift water rescues in the Ruidoso area, including of people who were trapped...

Kerr County Requested Money for Flood Warning System. Texas Said No

Doomed county's application for grant money was rejected in 2017, 2018

(Newser) - Kerr County, where dozens of people—many of them children—died in this weekend's catastrophic flooding, knew flash floods were a danger in the area—but its application for a grant to improve its flood warning system was rejected by the Texas Division of Emergency Management in both 2017...

Leavitt: Blaming Trump for Floods a 'Depraved Lie'

Meanwhile, death toll in Texas hits 104, with more still missing

(Newser) - In the wake of the devastating flash floods in Texas, questions have been raised regarding the apparent lack of warnings from local officials . Some have wondered whether Trump administration cuts to the National Weather Service played a role, though meteorologists pushed back hard against that idea, saying NWS warnings were...

Chiefs Owner's 9-Year-Old Relative Died in Texas Floods

Family mourns death of 'a precious little Hunt cousin' and the daughters of several friends

(Newser) - One of the young campers who died in the Texas floods was 9-year-old Janie Hunt, a relative of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt. Her grandmother, Margaret Hunt, tells the New York Times that Janie was at Camp Mystic with six cousins, who all got out safely. The camp said...

Jenna Bush Hager Remembers Camp Mystic

'So many of my friends were raised' there, she says of Texas site devastated by flash flood

(Newser) - Jenna Bush Hager has a special connection to Camp Mystic, the 100-year-old Texas summer camp devastated by catastrophic flooding, and not just because her mother, former first lady Laura Bush, was once a drama counselor there . As an emotional Bush Hager said Monday on the Today show, "so many...

Texas Camp Staffer: 'We Had No Warning' From Officials

At Mo-Ranch Assembly, staffers say they had to keep tabs on the weather themselves

(Newser) - Over a dozen people died at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, and 10 campers plus a counselor are still missing after devastating flash floods tore through the area. But at Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly, another camp in Hunt, staff managed to get everyone to safety before disaster struck, the AP reports....

Among the Texas Victims: a Longtime Camp Director

Heart O' the Hills was not in session, but Jane Ragsdale was on the property

(Newser) - Heart O' the Hills Camp for Girls was not in session when the devastating flash floods hit Texas Hill Country early Friday—but longtime director and co-owner Jane Ragsdale was on the property and died in the flooding, the Houston Chronicle reports. The camp said in a statement : "...

'People Need to Know Today Will Be a Hard Day'

Death toll in Texas floods rises to 27, including 9 kids

(Newser) - Scores of rescuers were searching desperately Saturday for children from a girls' camp and many others who were still missing after a wall of water rushed down a river in the Texas Hill Country during a powerful storm. Official said Saturday that the death toll had risen to 27, including...

Multiple Deaths Confirmed in 'Catastrophic' Texas Flooding

The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in 45 minutes

(Newser) - Officials in Kerr County, Texas, said Friday afternoon that at least 13 people have died in "catastrophic" flooding and that about 20 children are missing from a girls camp in the area. Parts of the Guadalupe River, which runs from the county to San Antonio Bay, rose 26 feet...

West Virginia Hit by Up to 4 Inches of Rain in 30 Minutes

5 dead, 3 missing in 'unicorn event'

(Newser) - Flash flooding caused by torrential rains killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews were searching for three other people who were missing Sunday as authorities assessed damage to roads, bridges, natural gas lines, and other infrastructure. Officials said 2.5 to 4 inches of rain fell in...

Fire Crews Made 'Harrowing' Rescues in San Antonio Floods

At least 5 died after floodwaters swept cars away

(Newser) - Heavy rains in San Antonio rapidly flooded roads, swept away submerged cars, and sent some people scrambling up trees to escape fast-rising waters Thursday while firefighters made dozens of rescues across the nation's seventh-largest city. At least five people died and two are still missing, authorities said. The deaths all...

In Just Hours, the Waters Rose to Roof Level

Flooding from excessive rain in Nigerian market town of Mokwa leaves at least 151 dead

(Newser) - The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria's north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency service said, amid efforts to find more victims. Torrents of predawn rainfall early Thursday unleashed the flood on Mokwa, nearly 240 miles west...

It's a Happy Ending for Cow Swept Away in Flood

Animal discovered safe on beach in New South Wales is one of the lucky ones

(Newser) - Flooding has devastated farms across the Australian state of New South Wales, washing away people and cattle, though one cow has since reunited with her owner. The bovine was originally housed at a farm in Taree, a city intersected by the Manning River, which "reached levels not seen in...

On NYC's Billionaires' Row, a 'Far-Reaching Fraud'

Condo owners sue over condition of building at 432 Park Ave., which they say has 'thousands' of cracks

(Newser) - In 2015, the nearly 1,400-foot-tall high rise at 432 Park Avenue was completed, a luxury "pencil tower" to join the others dotting the Manhattan skyline, including on so-called Billionaires' Row. Now, owners of condo units at that address are suing, claiming the skyscraper is plagued by various flaws,...

Body in Floodwaters Believed to Be 12-Year-OId

Jordan Sims was swept away Tuesday in Virginia's Albemarle County

(Newser) - A tragic end to the search for a missing boy amid Virginia floodwaters: A body believed to be that of 12-year-old Jordan Sims was recovered around 8:45am Wednesday in Albemarle County, where the boy was swept from a roadway on Tuesday. A 911 caller reported a flood-swollen creek washed...

200 Rescued From School as Flood Waters Reach Ceiling

Search continues for 12-year-old lost in flood waters in Virginia

(Newser) - Students at a Maryland elementary school had to be whisked away by boat on Tuesday, describing flood waters nearly reaching the ceiling of the first floor. Video footage showed vehicles floating in high waters in the parking lot of Westernport Elementary School in Allegany County after heavy rain, per CNN...

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