Flash Floods Devastate Texas
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Today we look at the continued fall out of flash floods in Texas where at least 91 people have died.
Search efforts continue for a fourth day for dozens of people still missing, authorities say. Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp in the county, confirmed that at least 27 girls and staff were among the dead
Adam speaks to chief North America correspondent, Gary O’Donoghue who’s been reporting from Texas.
Plus, BBC News chief news presenter Caitríona Perry joins from Washington to discuss Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming visit to the White House and the ongoing rift between President Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk following the passage of ‘The Big Beautiful Bill’ last week.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, today's episode of Newscast is going to focus on the United States, |
| 0:08.4 | because we've got one of those moments where the Trumpian politics and the drama in Washington, |
| 0:13.7 | which can sometimes feel very theoretical, has collided with reality. |
| 0:24.4 | In this case, the devastating flash floods in Texas, |
| 0:31.3 | where lots of people have lost their lives, including loads of young girls who were at a camp that was hit by the floodwaters. And people are asking questions about whether the build-up |
| 0:37.1 | to the disaster and the response has been affected in any way by Donald Trump's attitude to the federal government. |
| 0:45.0 | Epitomized by that moment where he appointed Elon Musk to run Doge, the cost-cutting unit. |
| 0:52.0 | So we will consider lots of those questions and the implications of all |
| 0:55.0 | of this and who might have a point and who doesn't have a point on this episode of Newscast. |
| 0:59.8 | Newscast from the BBC. He has just compared me to the fat controller. Did I say that? I can't |
| 1:07.0 | believe I said that. Next question. This is R for the benefit of Earth. |
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| 1:21.4 | Hello, it's Adam in the Newscast studio, |
| 1:23.4 | and we're going to be catching up with lots of friends of newscast who are in the United States as we try and join lots of dots together. |
| 1:30.9 | So we will get the latest on the recovery effort in Texas |
| 1:34.8 | after those devastating flash floods that killed more than 80 people, |
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