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As Natural Disasters Expand, a Disaster-Tracking App Is Booming

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Scott Dance
Known for tracking California wildfires, Watch Duty is moving beyond that mission. Millions of people are turning to it for help.

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An emergency vehicle at the flooding Guadalupe River in Comfort, Texas, on Thursday.
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The Latest Texas Floods Tested Warning Systems. This Time, They Passed.

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Scott Dance and Edgar Sandoval
A lack of sirens and flood forecasting systems made the state’s Hill Country vulnerable to deadly floods last summer. That has changed.

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Flood debris blocked a road in Kerrville, Texas, on Thursday.
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