12 Red Cross Shelters currently open in Texas due to the earlier flooding per a FEMA update on this (finally) today... it's not just that one camp, but quite a significant impact along the river (which you'd never know from national coverage).

https://m.ai6yr.org/@disaster_bot/114857903595640801

#txdisaster #TXwx #flooding

Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts

The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.

"...“We’re doing what we can to make sure that people don’t go hungry, but it has been tough,” he said. The biggest problem they are running up against, he noted, is how federal funding cuts have obstructed their ability to fully respond. ..."

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/texas-food-banks-flood-survivors-trump-funding-cuts/

#txdisaster #food #texas #hunger #food #disasters

Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts

The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.

Grist

I pointed this out a few days ago about Camp Mystic.

(The graphics here are essentially the same as the final assignment I gave the GIS class I taught at a local University last semester, except I had them do parts of Asheville, NC after Helene).

#gis #fema #floodmapping #txdisaster #disasters