Good morning. It's Thursday, July 10th.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the tactics some federal judges are using to challenge Trump's executive actions,
the hacking group wreaking havoc on retailers and airlines,
and the viral band climbing Spotify's monthly listens.
That is literally unreal.
But first, nearly a week after the Texas floods, there remain well over 100 people unaccounted for.
In the immediate aftermath,
there have been a lot of questions asked about how such a disastrous weather event could take so many by surprise,
and what, if anything, could have gone better in the local disaster response.
Today we wanted to spend a bit of time exploring how a confluence of factors made these floods so deadly,
in particular,
the geography and history, history of the area itself,
climate change more generally, and local warning systems and preparedness.
There has been a long, long history of deadly flash flooding in this region.
That's Emily Foxhall, climate reporter for the Texas Tribune,
who told us that the area is prone to major flooding, most notably in 1987 when 33 people died.
You may have heard this term flash flood alley.
That's how some people refer to this area.