Kerr County’s tragic flood wasn’t an outlier. It was a preview.

Photo: Aerial view of damage caused by flooding of Guadalupe River – May 1972. Photo credit: Bill Reaves, EPA / NARA. Article by Tik Root. Grist – July 21, 2025. Grist’s comprehensive disaster guide: Disaster 101 resource guide.

The country watched in horror as torrential rain drenched Texas earlier this month, sweeping at least 135 people to their death. Kerr County alone lost 107, including more than two dozen children at Camp Mystic. From afar, it would be easy, even tempting, to think that the floods like these could never happen to you. That the disaster is remote. […]

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