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Retired veteran Kevin Jones, who survived the catastrophic flooding in Texas, joins Alex Witt to detail his experience during the disaster and to share how his community is coming together during such a dark time.
A retired nurse, her son and a family friend say they were lucky to survive last week's flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including many summer campers.
Many of the 650 campers and staffers at Camp Mystic were asleep when, at 1:14 a.m., a flash-flood warning for Kerr County, Texas, with “catastrophic” potential for loss of life was issued by the National Weather Service.
Six days after flash floods swept through parts of Texas Hill Country and killed at least 120, authorities say there are still more than 160 people unaccounted for.
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Fox Weather on MSN'Blessing buckets' filled with Bible, hope brought to Texas flood survivorsThe nonprofit Convoy of Hope is helping flood victims in Texas by giving them "blessing buckets," which include a Bible, water, food and personal hygiene items.
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Religion News Service on MSNFaith-based relief groups offer food, water and emotional support to Texas flood survivorsAlong with food, water and supplies, Christian disaster relief groups are offering emotional and spiritual support to flood survivors in Texas Hill Country.
By Jane Ross KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Thousands of first responders were still combing through piles of mud-covered debris in Texas Hill Country on Thursday, hoping against long odds to find survivors six days after flash floods swept through the region,
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On Friday, roughly 150 H-E-B staff from all over Texas volunteered to clear out debris from four homes in Liberty Hill. At a home off East Bear Creek Road, there were 50 volunteers trudging through a wooded area picking up lost items, hauling wagons filled with debris and loading it into trucks to throw away.
Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas dimmed Tuesday, a day after the death toll surpassed 100, and crews kept up the search for people missing in the aftermath.
Mark Edwards, field operations manager for the nonprofit group Texas EquuSearch, deployed more than 120 trained volunteers on horseback, in ATVs and on foot to look for survivors and victims. The team included Robert Crow, a member of Tejas Vaqueros, a riding group from Houston.
A National Weather Service advisory warned of another 2-4 inches of rain falling in the region − and isolated areas could see 9-12 inches.