All posts tagged "Texas Flooding"

Reactions erupted Monday after the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave his resignation.

David Richardson, a Kristi Noem ally who was criticized after he was publicly silent for a week following floods in Texas that killed more than 130 people, announced in his letter that he plans to step down in two weeks.

Department of Homeland Security officials reportedly had planned to remove the FEMA chief from the role, according to reports. ...

The Neo-fascist hate group Patriot Front is being slammed for "inserting itself" into disaster relief efforts in Texas, according to The Guardian.

Leader Thomas Rousseau, a Texas native, announced in a video message on Telegram that his "activists" were “responding to the flooding, which has destroyed communities and taken the lives of scores of Americans."

Rousseau added that his group "is prioritizing their 'people' and 'European peoples' in those operations," the report said....

A Washington Post opinions editor came down hard on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other Texas officials for decades of failures to protect children who attended Camp Mystic on the Guadalupe River.

Laura McGann posted on social media in response to a clip of Cruz brushing off "weather modification" as a cause of the flooding.

"To the best of my knowledge, there is zero evidence of anything related to anything like weather modification," Cruz said. "Look, the internet can be a strange place. People can come up with all sorts of crazy theories."...

CNN host Boris Sanchez gave a harrowing description of the conditions along the Guadalupe River where recovery efforts have been underway for those still missing in the massive flooding that hit Kerr County, Texas.

According to The Washington Post, at least 90 people have been killed, 27 of whom were children and counselors from Camp Mystic.

CNN's Isabel Rosales reported from Center Point, Texas, where she spoke of the hazards facing searchers....