Volunteers provide relief and restore hope for Texas flood victims
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🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | As cleanup operations from the catastrophic flooding continue in Texas, state lawmakers are currently holding a special session, in part to address the tragedy that killed at least 135 people. |
| 0:12.3 | Three people in Care County remain missing. That's down from 100 just last week. Local officials say many who were initially reported missing have since been found safe. |
| 0:22.6 | As William Brigham reports, volunteers have been crucial to the ongoing recovery efforts, |
| 0:26.6 | while larger questions of accountability linger. |
| 0:29.6 | The debris is still slowly being removed along the Guadalupe River, |
| 0:35.6 | and the many volunteers who rushed here are helping |
| 0:39.3 | residents cope in ways both big and small. Just tons of people helping out. Homeowner Greg |
| 0:45.7 | Adkins, whose home was badly damaged, has literally been surrounded by fellow Texans coming to |
| 0:51.6 | lend a hand. Adkins had no flood insurance. |
| 0:55.0 | All of these volunteers, like Danny and his crew |
| 0:58.7 | coming down from Texarkana, we got people coming. |
| 1:02.5 | I had another guy that's a remediation restoration expert |
| 1:09.8 | out of North Texas, up north of Dallas. |
| 1:12.6 | It's too early to know what rebuilding will look like across Texas Hill country now that |
| 1:17.6 | the threat from massive flooding is apparent to everyone. |
| 1:21.6 | But in the short term, those volunteers offer hope, comfort, and relief. |
| 1:26.6 | One local effort tries to find and return people's precious belongings. |
| 1:32.0 | When such items are found, photos are posted to this Facebook group, |
| 1:36.2 | everything from stuffed animals, car keys, photographs, even beloved pets. |
| 1:43.3 | Sometimes leading to heartfelt reunions. |
| 1:46.0 | Is this your baby? |
| 1:47.0 | She is. |
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