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Texas flooding: Death toll surpasses 100, many more still missing

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Publish Date
Wed, 9 Jul 2025, 5:49pm
(Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
(Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Texas flooding: Death toll surpasses 100, many more still missing

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 9 Jul 2025, 5:49pm

The death toll from flash floods in Texas has risen to 111 - including 28 children - and the numbers missing have skyrocketed to 173.

It's the US's deadliest freshwater flooding in nearly 50 years.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says fingers have been pointed at the Republicans in charge - claiming their cuts to emergency services have worsened the impact of the disaster. 

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