At least 132 dead in Texas flood. They fired the weather forecasters

Hannah Cloke, a professor of hydrology at the University of Reading in the UK, said the downpour “seems to have been well forecasted by multiple forecasters around the world, several hours in advance” Texas flash flood claims at least 27 lives - on.ft.com/4ewCfKO via @FT

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— Alex (@dralexm.bsky.social) July 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Here's a timelapse video showing 30 minutes of flooding (sped up to a few seconds)

Update: 132 dead, at least 160 missing — HuffPost, July 14

Wikipedia: July 2025 Central Texas floods

Rep. Joaquin Castro on Texas floods: "I don't think it's helpful to have missing key personnel from the National Weather Service not in place to help prevent these tragedies."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM

Report Shows How Deadly Texas Floods Were Driven by Human-Induced Climate Crisis "Very exceptional meteorological conditions" preceded the Texas floods, climate scientists have found. Brad Reed, Common Dreams, July 7, 2025

'These Deaths Are on Trump's Hands': Texas Flooding Spotlights Assault on Climate Science "The Trump regime is gutting scientific research into climate and atmospheric science for political reasons, at the very time we need a much better understanding of it," said one environmentalist. "This is so reckless and dangerous." Jake Johnson, Common Dreams, July 7, 2025

Seven Things You Need to Know About the Texas Flash Flood Tragedy, Rachel Cleetus, The Equation, Union of Concerned Scientists, July 7, 2025

Related: Climate data taken down

Climate science involves longer-term data. Climate drives weather. We aren't allowed to have climate science either:

Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down, Seth Borenstein, AP, July 2, 2025

Someone has archived that data here, though: sciop.net

Kristi Noem on Texas floods: "I'm extremely grateful for God's hand in that whole situation, because hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people were saved."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

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— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) July 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM

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— Lizzie O'Leary (@lizzieohreally.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM

Trump calls a journalist "evil" for asking about the rescue efforts.