Texas Floods Reveal Alarming Failures: 120 Dead, Over 170 Missing Amid Preventable Tragedy

As floodwaters devastated central Texas over the Independence Day weekend, the death toll has tragically risen to 120, with over 170 individuals still missing. The catastrophic flooding—centered in Kerr County near San Antonio—has laid bare glaring deficiencies in government preparedness and public safety protocols that demand urgent scrutiny. Nearly four-fifths of the fatalities occurred in Kerr County alone, where authorities confirmed 96 deaths. Among the dead were at least twenty-seven young girls and their camp counselors at Mystic Camp along the Guadalupe River—an unimaginable human toll intensified by preventable errors. Could Proper Warnings Have Saved Lives? The National Weather Service...