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Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Mom Finds Comfort in Breathtaking 'Sign' From Daughter Who Died in Texas Flood
The mother of a Texas flood victim says she received a sign from her late daughter: a vivid rainbow stretching across the sky. 'Joyce Catherine telling us from heaven 'all is well with my soul,'' Kellye Badon of Beaumont, Texas, wrote in a July 7 Facebook post. In Badon's photo, a soft arc of color gently rises from the trees near the water's edge and fades into the clouds above. Earlier that day, Badon shared the news that 21-year-old Joyce Catherine's body had been recovered after a three day search, writing, in part, "God showed us the way we should go this morning! We found our lovely daughter who blessed us for 21 years!" Joyce Catherine, an architecture major at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), was staying with friends at a riverfront home in Hunt, Texas, when a wall of water rushed through the property after heavy overnight storms. Badon alerted friends to the unfolding emergency and asked for prayers on Facebook. 'At 4 am this morning, a flash food came through and washed their cars away. It happened so quickly with so much water, they could not get in the attic,' Badon reported. She noted that the homeowner's son reached his father by phone, but while they were talking, he and two others were carried away by debris. Joyce Catherine was the last person to speak before the connection was lost. In an statement, SCAD described Joyce Catherine as a 'beloved daughter, friend, and classmate' who was passionate about using her talents to make a difference. She had recently contributed to the redesign of donation centers for Goodwill. The July 4 flash floods in Central Texas have claimed at least 119 lives, a toll that continues to rise as search crews and volunteers sift through wreckage. Among the dead are 27 children and counselors from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' camp nestled along the Guadalupe River. As of July 9, 173 people remain missing. This article was originally published on
International Business Times
07-07-2025
- International Business Times
Who Was Joyce Catherine Badon? Dad Who Found Dead Boy Searching for His Young Daughter Gets Devastating News She Died in Texas Floods
A father who found a young boy's body while searching for his missing daughter after the devastating Texas floods has now received the heartbreaking news of his daughter's death. Ty Badon received the news that his daughter, Joyce Catherine Badon, 21, died three days after she was swept away by floodwaters in Hunt, Texas. Her mother, Kellye Badon, shared the update on Monday. "God showed us the way we should go this morning! We found our lovely daughter who blessed us for 21 years! ❤️ We pray to be able to find her three friends soon. Thanks to EVERYONE for the prayers and support. God is good! ❤️❤️❤️" she wrote. Searching for Dead Daughter Family members later confirmed to News4SanAntonio and 12NewsNow that Joyce had died in the catastrophic floods. The heartbreaking news came after her father, Ty, found the body of another child while desperately searching for his daughter, who is among at least eight confirmed victims. Over the weekend, Ty Badon was searching through the epicenter of the devastation in the rural town of Hunt when he came upon the body of a young boy—one of at least 89 victims claimed by the floods. "My son and I were walking, and what I thought was a mannequin... it was a little boy, about eight or 10 years old, and he was dead," Badon told CNN. The heartbroken father shared that he had been searching for his Joyce, 21, and his voice broke at the end of the interview as he asked the public to keep them in their prayers. Badon said that the last known contact with Joyce was on July 4, the day the floods hit, when she was on a phone call with three of her friends. The group had been staying in a cabin owned by one of the parents in the scenic town of Hunt, located around 120 miles west of Austin, Texas. During the call, Joyce told the cabin's owner that two members of their group had already been swept away by the rising waters, Badon said. "A few seconds later, the phone went dead, and that's all we know," Badon said. "We presume that she got washed away as well. If you go back to where the house is, it's not a good sight." An Unexpected Loss Badon said that the house where the group had been staying is "no longer there." "We're praying all four of them are still alive. They're all missing," he said. His daughter is one of many still missing, including 27 children, after the Guadalupe River surged over 26 feet in just 45 minutes during the early morning hours of July 4, unleashing a powerful wave of water that swept through several Kerr County communities. Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday that 41 people were officially listed as missing across the state, with the possibility that more people have yet to be identified. Hundreds of young girls were attending Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp located along the river, and many others were vacationing in the rural area to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend. Residents are now questioning why authorities failed to issue flood warnings until 1:18 p.m. on July 3—the day the storms began—and initially labeled them as merely "moderate." The National Weather Service didn't upgrade the alert to a flash flood warning until 1 a.m. on Friday, declaring a Flash Flood Emergency by 4:30 a.m. However, by that time, floodwaters were already rushing into people's homes. Many Texans believe the delayed warnings led to the high death toll.
Newsweek
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Man Not Prepared for What He Sees on 'For Sale' Sign on New Orleans House
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The internet is obsessed with a house for sale in Louisiana with one very important factor: it is not haunted. That is, at least, if you take the for sale sign at face value. New Orleans artist Anthony Badon, 30, works as a portrait painter, and regularly explores the historic Louisiana city. The city is known for its unique art and culture, but on a recent day out with friends, he came across something that really stood out: a house for sale, and more specifically, what that for sale sign said. "I found the house as I was frolicking around the French quarters on a day out with friends," Badon told Newsweek. And he shared his discovery to his TikTok account @artistbe3k on May 13: a house with a for sale sign, with the name of the company and agent along with their contact details. And beneath that, a sign in red capital letters: "NOT HAUNTED." A sign for a house for sale in the French quarter of New Orleans. A sign for a house for sale in the French quarter of New Orleans. TikTok @artistbe3k Zooming up on the sign, he laughed: "Do you know how insane it is to live in a city where you have to advertise that your [house] is not haunted for somebody to buy the house?" "New Orleans is not a real place," he wrote over the video, and added in a caption: "I love this city with all my heart lol." He told Newsweek: "Seeing the signage made me instantly burst into laughter [at] the idea of someone having to advertise that their property is an anomaly in a neighborhood filled with haunted buildings and courtyards." New Orleans is believed by some to be the most haunted city in America, and much of its tourism revolves around its grisly past, from the LaLaurie Mansion to the yellow fever epidemic of 1817-1905, where 41,000 people died, according to the New Orleans Public Library. According to the listing of the $415,000 property on Zillow, the "not haunted" 938 square foot home, on Dumaine Street, is a one-bedroom, one-bathroom pied-á-terre with exposed brick wall, high ceilings and boasting historic character. And for any prospective buyers wondering, the property description, listed by Lynda D. DePanicis, makes no mention of ghosts. The sign, zoomed up, shows the words 'NOT HAUNTED'. The sign, zoomed up, shows the words 'NOT HAUNTED'. TikTok @artistbe3k TikTok users were obsessed, viewing the clip more than 420,000 times and awarding it more than 74,000 likes, as one commenter admitted: "Seeing the 'not haunted' sign would automatically make me think they lying and it really is lol." "It's haunted, I'm from New Orleans, all the houses that been there from the 1800s-2005 is haunted," another declared, as another agreed: "I don't believe the sign." "That place is 100 percent haunted," another declared, while yet another insisted the "whole sign looks haunted." And as one person put it: "Not haunted = sometimes there is questionable vibes that make you think it might be haunted." Newsweek has reached out to realtor Lynda D. DePanicis via and Zillow for comment on this story. Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures you want to share? Send them to life@ with some extra details, and they could appear on our website.
