Texas Flood Death Toll Rises to 131
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Robert Earl Keen's flood relief concert in New Braunfels will feature performances from Miranda Lambert, Ray Wylie Hubbard and more.
Tyler Childers, Miranda Lambert, Cross Canadian Ragweed will all join Robert Earl Keen for a Texas floods benefit concert on Aug. 28.
The country singer’s brother and sister-in-law passed away and their children are missing after the devastating floods that hit Texas on July 4.
The committees will be looking at warning systems, emergency communications, relief funding for the Hill Country floods, and overall natural disaster preparation.
Gary, DeeAnn, Jake and Megan all lost their lives. Harley is still among the missing. Both families lived in Canyon Lake but have ties to the Houston and Mont Belvieu areas. Hutch and Beth Bryan, formerly of Houston, died in the Texas Hill Country flooding.
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For the third straight day, thunderstorms have posed what meteorologists call life-threatening conditions in the Hill Country, where flooding earlier this month killed at least 131 people.
Parker said dozens of families in Fort Worth have connections to the affected areas of the Hill Country. Fort Worth has deployed 28 firefighters to the affected areas, said Assistant Fire Chief Ray Hill. Many are on the front lines of search and recovery efforts as members of Texas A&M Task Force 1.