Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
With a second consecutive year of disastrous flooding impacting Texas, fears grow that a "new normal" may have been established via climate change: https://www.kbtx.com/2026/07/17/texas-hill-country-floods-again-back-to-back-disasters-raise-alarm-over-future-storms/
...Two deaths related to the flooding are reported - a tragedy, but one that pales in comparison to last year: https://apnews.com/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-uvalde-camp-mystic-616ad82c32b5728d8a0f894c5e602b24
...The deluge was due to an upper level disturbance combined with a low-pressur circulation, which parked itself over the flood-prong "Flash Flood Alley" of the Texas Hill Country: https://abcnews.com/US/meteorologists-explain-flash-flooding-central-texas-bad/story?id=134818804
Last night's Donald Trump speech, as expected, was designed to re-invigorate election denial conspiracies: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-puts-election-security-center-republicans-midterm-fight-2026-07-17/
...Nothing new was offered that would change the fact that the heavily-audited 2020 election shows no significant signs of fraud: https://theconversation.com/trump-is-rehashing-old-claims-the-2020-election-was-stolen-his-real-aim-sowing-doubt-in-the-midterms-287774
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