2025-07-07
31 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Julia McFarlane and in the early hours of Monday the 7th of July, these are our main stories.
The number of people killed by Friday's flash floods in central Texas is continuing to rise.
Nearly 80 deaths have been confirmed so far.
Israel says it's carried out airstrikes against Houthi targets at three ports in Yemen.
Officials in the Sudanese capital Khartoum say they found and buried the bodies of nearly 4,000 people
since the army recaptured the city in May.
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We begin in the US state of Texas,
where rescue operations are continuing for the 41 missing people after severe flooding.
But the window for hope is fading four days in.
Those living and camping along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County came under a month's worth of rainfall in just a few hours on Friday morning,
sweeping cars, cabins and even houses underwater.
As we record this podcast, the latest death toll stands at nearly 80.
Further storms look to make the rescue operation even more difficult.
But the state governor, Greg Abbott, says the authorities will not give up.
We continue 24-7 operations to search for anybody who was affected by that deadly storm.
I had the opportunity yesterday to visit Katmistic and get to see firsthand what happened there as well as all the way downstream after that.
And it was nothing short of horrific.