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Relentless Rains Trigger Devastating Floods Across Texas Amid Extreme Weather Surge

Torrential rains have unleashed widespread flooding across Texas, forcing evacuations, shutting down roads, and overwhelming emergency services and leaving at least 80 dead. The extreme weather event, driven by stalled storm systems and intensified by climate change, has left thousands without power and prompted disaster declarations in multiple counties.

Texas Floods Extreme Weather, Guadalupe River
Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Julio Cortez

Officials are seen in the Guadalupe River as they assist in recovery efforts after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather, Guadalupe River flash flood
Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Julio Cortez

Military personnel return a camp trunk salvaged from down river to Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather_Camp Mystic
Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Julio Cortez

A person reacts while looking at the belongings outside sleeping quarters at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather, sleeping quarters at Camp Mystic
Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Julio Cortez

People react as they inspect an area outside sleeping quarters at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather_A sign for Camp Mystic
Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Julio Cortez

A sign for Camp Mystic is seen on a hill as a heavy-lift military helicopter flies by over the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Rodolfo Gonzalez

Volunteers search for missing people along the banks of the Guadalupe River after recent flooding in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Rodolfo Gonzalez

A road sign for the Hunt Post Office lies on the the side of Highway 39 after the post office was destroyed by recent flooding along the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather_The Hunt Store in Hunt
Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Rodolfo Gonzalez

The Hunt Store in Hunt, Texas, is roped off after severe damage from recent flooding along the Guadalupe River.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather_Camp Mystic
Texas Floods | Photo: AP/Julio Cortez

Officials inspect an area at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather_Guadalupe River in Hunt
Texas Floods | Photo: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP

People search for survivors near the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas.

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Texas Floods Extreme Weather
Texas Floods | Photo: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP

Myra Zunker takes a moment while searching for her missing niece and nephew along the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas.

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