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Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country flood

Headline from WFMZ Allentown, on the newest of 2 developments

Newly released recordings of 911 calls show Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up in the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help as rushing waters rise around

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Developments in this update

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  1. Released 911 calls capture minute-by-minute desperation of deadly Texas floods as callers beg for rescue

    Headline from KESQ Palm Springs ·

  2. Newest

    Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country flood

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

Reports & sources

19 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC News

    911 calls from Texas Hill Country flood disaster released (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    Hundreds of 911 calls from the catastrophic flooding that inundated parts of the Texas Hill Country on July 4 have been released, revealing the horror and devastation that turned a national holiday into a tragedy

  2. CNN

    Police to release 911 calls from deadly Texas floods (opens CNN)

    Published

    CNN's feed description

    Police in Kerrville, Texas, said they are releasing hours of 911 calls from the early morning of July Fourth, when catastrophic floods swept across Texas Hill Country, devastating communities several counties and killing 136 people.

  3. KESQ Palm Springs

    Released 911 calls capture minute-by-minute desperation of deadly Texas floods as callers beg for rescue (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

    Published

    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Taylor Romine, Alaa Elassar, CNN Kerrville, Texas (CNN) — Heartbreaking pleas for help poured into the Kerrville, Texas, police department’s Telecommunications Center as the deadly catastrophic floods swept across Texas Hill Country in the early hours of July 4.

  4. CBS News

    911 calls from deadly Texas flooding on July 4 are released by police: "Some callers did not survive" (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Kerrville Police Chief Chris McCall warned that the calls received by dispatchers are distressing.

  5. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    911 calls from deadly Central Texas flood in July released publicly (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

    Published

    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The Kerrville Police Department release 911 calls from the July 4 floods, revealing distressing details from that tragic day.

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country flood (opens WFMZ Allentown)

    Published

    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Newly released recordings of 911 calls show Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up in the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help as rushing waters rise around

  7. FOX 4 Dallas

    Officials release full 911 calls from deadly Texas Hill Country flooding (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

    Published

    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    Five months after the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County, hundreds of frantic 911 calls from the overnight July 4 flood were released publicly Friday.

  8. Fox News

    911 calls from deadly Texas Hill Country flood reveal heartbreaking pleas (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Newly released 911 calls from the deadly Texas Hill Country flood reveal desperate pleas for help as more than 130 people died in the July 4 disaster.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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