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🗓️ 7 July 2025
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Camp Mystic was "horrendously ravaged in ways unlike I’ve seen in any natural disaster."
USA TODAY National Correspondent Dinah Voyles Pulver discusses how the NOAA budget spells out plans to reduce spending and abandon climate research, and the potential impact on hurricane forecasting.
Elon Musk announces a new political party after slamming President Donald Trump's megabill.
USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes talks about the preparations underway for the 250th birthday of the United States.
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0:19.4 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, July 7th, 2025. |
0:23.6 | This is USA Today is the excerpt. |
0:26.6 | Today, what we know about ongoing search and rescue efforts after Texas flooding and the grim findings from a girl's summer camp after the tragedy. |
0:36.6 | Plus concerns about planned NOAA cuts and the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. |
0:41.0 | And let's talk about the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States. |
0:47.1 | Authorities yesterday continued a desperate search to find those still missing after historic flash floods swept across central Texas late last week. |
0:55.2 | State and local authorities said at least 81 people have died. Among the dozens still missing |
1:00.1 | as of early this morning are 10 children and a counselor from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls camp |
1:05.8 | at the edge of the flooded Guadalupe River. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on X that he visited the camp |
1:11.3 | and that it was ravaged in ways he had not seen in any natural disaster. He had similar |
1:16.8 | remarks during a news conference yesterday. It was nothing short of horrific to see what those young |
1:23.4 | children went through. And we will remain 100% dedicated searching for every single one of the |
1:31.3 | children who were at Camp Mystic as well as anybody else and the entire riverbed to make sure |
1:38.3 | that they're going to be recovered. It's still not clear how many children at the camp died, |
1:42.3 | but reports indicate an 8-year-old and a nine-year-old were killed. |
1:46.2 | The Federal Emergency Management Agency was activated in Texas after Trump declared a major disaster area in Kerr County following the flooding. |
1:53.9 | The president said he plans to visit Texas later this week. |
1:56.9 | After raising the prospect of abolishing FEMA earlier this year, President Trump deflected when asked if he wanted to phase out the agency. |
2:04.0 | You can stay with USA Today.com throughout the day and the week for more from Texas and our reporting from the USA Today Network. |
2:15.1 | With hurricane season now upon us, there are concerns that planned cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may impact the accuracy of hurricane forecasts. |
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