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The Guadalupe River in Spring Branch, Texas, after the July 4, 2025 floods. The image is a wide shot of a muddy, rushing river heavily flooding a wooded area, submerging the bases of numerous trees and sweeping through green foliage.
July 1, 2026

For Those the Warnings Missed

A year after the deadliest flash flood in modern Texas history, researchers are racing to understand why so many people never got the warning they needed — and how to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Kate Freer (left) leads a discussion with some of the filmmakers and collaborators. With Freer, from left to right: Hannah Spector (“Sunset”), Maria Fernandez Pello (“Dust Doesn’t Think of Us”), Pavithra Vasudevan (“Remembering Kearneytown”), Rachel Farrington (“La Luna”) and Katie Dawson (“ARISE: Pharr”).
July 14, 2026
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Sowing Seeds of Change
Oscar Ovanger (left) moderates a panel at the 2026 Planet Texas 2050 Symposium at UT Austin, in March. Seated next to him, from left to right, are his three postdoctoral advisers: Professors Adam Rabinowitz, Dev Niyogi and Tim Keitt.
June 11, 2026
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Southern Exposure
A map illustrating the average daily heat risk in a suburban Austin neighborhood, with dark red signifying higher risk and yellow lower risk

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Screen grab of KVUE's (ABC) Daniel Perreault reporting on this story. He stands next to a map that shows the current risk of death to Austin's elderly population if they were to stay inside their home during a heatwave and coincidental power outage. The median heat risk for each neighborhood is displayed as the value.
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A cross at a memorial in Guadalupe Park is seen near downed trees in the Guadalupe River from the July 4 floods, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. While we cannot erase tragedies, we can use our knowledge and research to improve preparedness, warnings and response, writes David R. Maidment. Photo by Elías Valverde II, Dallas Morning News staff photographer