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Media coverage of the devastating Texas floods

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

The heartbreak continues to grow after a horrific holiday weekend as bodies continue to be recovered following catastrophic floods in central Texas.

As of Sunday evening, the death toll was more than 80. Authorities continued a frantic search for survivors, including 10 missing girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp that is nearly 100 years old and was hosting approximately 750 children when the flooding started.

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