With the Hill Country devastated by deadly floods, many are asking: What’s a 100-year or 1,000-year flood, and are these terms outdated?
A closer look at how first responders from Mexico are helping in Kerr County.
A new report from the University of Texas at El Paso warns of growing job losses in Juárez’s maquiladora industry.
The health of America’s youth has “significantly worsened,” according to a new study. What’s driving the decline?
And: Fire up the grill – Valley pitmaster and YouTube star ArnieTex shares his new cookbook.
Hope House
Austin-area home for disabled Texans begins recovery after losing ‘office mom’ in flooding
Sherry Richardson, 64, was considered the “office mom” at Hope House, a long-term residential home for children and adults with disabilities in Liberty Hill.
A Guadalupe River regular shares her family’s survival story
A bill in the Texas Legislature this past session would have created a grant program for emergency communication. It didn’t pass.
In the days since the deadly flooding, engineers have already modeled what happened on the Guadalupe River. What they say about how we should rebuild.
A harrowing story of survival: Our conversation with a woman at the center of the devastation and the person she says saved her family.
Hope House, a home for the profoundly disabled, was damaged by the storm in Liberty Hill. The loss they’ve suffered and the hope they hang onto.
And: Remembering a similar disaster on the Guadalupe back in 1987. We’ll talk with a local leader who helped in those rescue efforts.
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KUT Afternoon Newscast for July 8, 2025: An internal fire department policy prevented Austin firefighters from deploying before historic flooding in the Hill Country
Central Texas top stories for July 8, 2025. Austin firefighters say they could have been deployed before historic flooding in the Hill Country. The search continues in the Austin area for people missing after the flooding. Authorities in Kerr County are asking people to limit travel as search and recovery efforts continue following the deadly flooding. Austin Pets Alive says it’s taken in over 200 hundred cats and dogs because of the flooding. Travis County Commissioners voted today to extend the local disaster declaration until further notice. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking public input on a plan to let Texas regulators oversee the state’s carbon storage wells.