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‘After the Flood’ podcast: Second episode examines why the Texas Hill Country is so vulnerable to flooding
By Houston Public Media (NPR/PBS)
· July 1, 2026
· 1 min read
After the Flood, a collaboration of The Texas Newsroom and PBS' Frontline, is an intimate and deeply reported look at the catastrophic Central Texas flooding that killed more than 130 people over the Fourth of July weekend in 2025.
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Category: local ·
Published: July 1, 2026 ·
Source: Houston Public Media (NPR/PBS) ·
Reading time: 1 min
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