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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, about the deadly floods in his state. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, ...

Crews continue to search in central Texas for victims of flash flooding that killed at least 82 people. Officials have been dealing with tough questions about why many were not warned to evacuate.

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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Greg Waller, a hydrologist at the West Gulf River Forecast Center of the National Weather Service, about the conditions that factored into the deadly flooding in Texas.

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