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Both tsunami and flood are natural disasters, which can result in numerous losses. The financial ones are obviously damaging for any country, but they can be recovered somehow through different means. However, losing precious lives because of such disasters can be devastating and this loss can never be recovered. Although tsunami and flood are hydrological disasters, yet there are various differences between the two. They cannot be used under the same context, as their impact is completely different. However, both can cause plenty of devastation, so they are classified as natural disasters. The first major difference between tsunami and flood...

“One of the biggest contributors to what we found out– and it could have been any camp, I promise you it could have been any camp– was complacency and human nature, and out of sight, out of mind,” said Republican Texas state Sen. Charles Perry, the committee’s chair. Perry said Senate Bill 1 is the framework to prevent tragedies like Camp Mystic, but the camps will need to follow the provisions in the law. “We did not send Linnie to a war zone; we sent her to camp,” said McGown, who remembered his daughter for her gentle, playful manner. “No...

A recent study has uncovered the existence of ancient lakes, rivers, and a massive water-formed valley beneath Arabia’s vast desert. ***************************************************************************** A recent study has uncovered a long-forgotten landscape hidden beneath the vast expanse of Arabia’s Empty Quarter—one of the driest and most desolate regions in the world today. The groundbreaking research, published in Communications Earth & Environment, reveals that the desert was once home to ancient lakes, rivers, and valleys, formed during periods of high rainfall between 11,000 and 5,500 years ago. This discovery sheds new light on the dramatic environmental shifts that occurred in the region during the...

It is a valid question to ask what has happened with this woman Sade Perkins who made very inappropriate comments about the victims of the Kerrville area floods that killed over 100 people. It seems like the media completely buried the story about her ugly comments. The pediatrician who made comments was in the news far longer and did not make near the comments this Sade Perkins made. Then, Perkins posted something somewhere showing her weapons and basically threatening anyone who criticized her. How was she able to do that and get away with it? If I were to make...

...The cartoon was created by Adam Zyglis, and is titled 'Swept Away.' In the image, a man in a MAGA hat holds a 'HELP' sign, and is illustrated drowning in the flood waters. ...The cartoon is accompanied by a speech bubble, which reads, 'Gov't is the problem, not the solution.' ...

In the fourth century BCE, Plato wrote about the legend of Atlantis. The general belief is that he was the very first person to write about it. This has led many to claim that Plato invented the story. However, is it possible that the Bible makes reference to the story of Atlantis, too? The Minoan Theory of Atlantis One common theory about the origin of Atlantis is that it comes from distorted accounts of the Minoan civilization. This was a Bronze Age naval civilization centered on Crete. The Minoans had control over several other islands, and they also had colonies...

Not only will DEI gradually destroy a critical institution of public safety, but at some point it will also destroy the lives that the institution is charged to protect. Similar to the flood itself, the tragedy of the high waters sweeping through the Central Texas Hill Country has violently ebbed and flowed from the public consciousness. At the last count, the death toll has reached 135 souls, at least a dozen of them little girls at a Christian camp. True to the spirit of the times, the disaster soon degenerated into yet another game of partisan mudslinging. Of course, leftists...

first segment - the legality of autopen pardons; second (beginning at the seven minute mark) - one family's harrowing story of the flood; third segment (beginning at the twenty minute mark) - Cruz not being tired of winning when it comes to Stephen Colbert getting canceled

Officials reduced the number of unaccounted people from a massive July 4 flood in Kerr County, Texas, from 160 to three late Saturday, as most have been found "safe." The total death toll from the flood stands at 107 people within Kerr County. Including deaths in nearby counties, the statewide death toll from the July 4 flood is 133. “We are profoundly grateful to the more than 1,000 local, state, and federal authorities who have worked tirelessly in the wake of the devastating flood that struck our community,” Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said in a statement. “Thanks to their...

Megyn Kelly ripped into Chelsea Clinton after the former first daughter boasted about her Texas flood relief efforts — calling her a “fake philanthropist” and the Clintons a “family of grifters.” The former Fox News anchor, who hosts the podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show,” tore into Bill and Hillary’s only child after she posted on X last Wednesday that a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation was “on the ground in Texas, supporting families, communities and ongoing search and rescue efforts.” Social media users quickly jumped on Chelsea’s call to action, accusing her family of defrauding governments through the Clinton Foundation...

NEW YORK 🚨 The 28th street subway in Manhattan is nearly underwater.

This is a really outrageous piece of propaganda. Someone sent it to me saying, “The guy has a point.” To me, you have to be pretty ignorant to buy any of it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL6nSRduK_U/?igsh=MXNtMWM4dXBsYnRncA%3D%3D

Even with the removal of dozens of buildings, at least 12 structures at Camp Mystic Guadalupe were fully within FEMA's 100-year flood plain ... Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found. The Federal Emergency Management Agency included the prestigious girls' summer camp in a “Special Flood Hazard Area” in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County in 2011, which means...

Paleontologists in Alberta, Canada, have recently unearthed “a mass grave on a monumental scale.”1 The BBC story speaks of Thousands of dinosaurs [that] were buried here, killed in an instant on a day of utter devastation. Now, a group of palaeontologists have come to Pipestone Creek - appropriately nicknamed the “River of Death” - to help solve a 72-million-year-old enigma: how did they die?1 The question and answer regarding the mass dinosaur death is found in the same sentence above. It was a massive flood (“river”) of death that killed them 4,500 years ago. Unfortunately, paleontologists will not accept this...

The CEO of a weather modification technology company has confirmed that cloud seeding operations took place in Texas just two days before the deadly central Texas flood occurred. NBC News reported that Augustus Doricko, the CEO of Rainmaker, a weather modification company, said that planes had released silver iodide in the atmosphere in Texas two days prior to the fatal floods that have claimed over 100 lives. Doricko claims the cloud seeding operations did not cause the flooding in Texas. WATCH: NBC News Confirms Cloud Seeding Operations Were Conducted Just Two Days Before Texas Flood. CEO of Rainmaking Technology Company...

Did no one remember this??? I'm sorry for sounding cruel, but the churches, the parents, the county, SOMEONE should have known the danger and history of the area!! This is NOT excusable! This is sheer ignorance and arrogance. 1987! Same river filled with children from a church camp!

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County, Texas.KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July. The agencies repeatedly failed to secure roughly $1 million for a...

A Texas summer camp had a state-mandated emergency plan in place before devastating flash floods took the lives of dozens of campers and staff, state records confirm. A state health report dated July 2 — two days before the flooding emergency began — showed Camp Mystic passed its annual inspection to maintain its state youth camp license. Inspectors in Texas visit licensed camps annually and check for a variety of health and safety measures, from first aid kits and flotation devices, to staff background checks and the sanitation of kitchens and bathrooms. On July 2, a state health inspector on...

The Austin Fire Association had strong words for Fire Chief Joel Baker Monday, claiming his delay on sending firefighters to assist in Kerrville over the holiday weekend may have cost lives. "I have firefighters that are in the area that are hanging their head in shame," A.F.A. President Bob Nicks said. "People in the community are asking, why wasn't the Austin firefighters here to help us?" Nicks says when the Hill Country is in trouble, the Austin Fire Department has a responsibility to respond. "This is in our backyard," Nicks said. "We know people in that area. We have family...