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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Moment entire cabin full of people swept downriver in Texas flooding
Footage shows a cabin full of people being swept down the Guadalupe River in Hill County, Texas, as deadly flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 82 people. Torrential rains struck Kerr County and neighbouring areas over the holiday weekend, trapping locals, campers, and 4 July tourists. In the video, the cabin is seen hurtling through the floodwaters in darkness, as an onlooker is heard saying: 'Oh my God, there's so many people in it.' Reports speculate the cabin belonged to the nearby Camp La Junta in Hunt. The camp posted on Facebook on Friday, 5 July, stating, 'Everyone at Camp La Junta is safe and accounted for.' More than 400 emergency responders have joined search and rescue efforts in Kerr County.
The Independent
3 hours ago
- Climate
- The Independent
Moment entire cabin full of people swept downriver in Texas flooding
Footage shows a cabin full of people being swept down the Guadalupe River in Hill County, Texas, as deadly flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 82 people. Torrential rains struck Kerr County and neighbouring areas over the holiday weekend, trapping locals, campers, and 4 July tourists. In the video, the cabin is seen hurtling through the floodwaters in darkness, as an onlooker is heard saying: 'Oh my God, there's so many people in it.' Reports speculate the cabin belonged to the nearby Camp La Junta in Hunt. The camp posted on Facebook on Friday, 5 July, stating, 'Everyone at Camp La Junta is safe and accounted for.'
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Cabin full of people washed away by historic Texas floods
Screams can be heard in the darkness as a large cabin packed with people was swept away by deadly floodwaters in Texas. In one of the most harrowing scenes yet from a disaster that has already claimed 13 lives, the cabin was seen drifting rapidly down the Guadalupe River in Hill County in the dead of night, carried off by the surging current as panicked voices rang out from inside. Flashes of yellow light flickered from a flashlight inside the home, briefly illuminating the chaos as it floated past. 'Oh my god, there's so many people in it,' a male bystander could be heard saying in shock. 'Oh my god,' a woman could be heard saying behind him. It is unclear if any of the home's occupants were injured and if they got to safety. People have speculated the home looks like a counselor's cabin at Camp La Junta in Hunt. Daily Mail has reached out to Camp La Junta for comment. On Friday afternoon, the camp took to Facebook to announce that 'everyone at Camp La Junta is safe and accounted for.' 'We are working with authorities for the next step,' the statement read. 'We appreciate your prayers.' Other summer camps have not been so fortunate. The nearby Camp Mystic, a summer program for girls, confirmed that at least some of its campers were unaccounted for on Friday afternoon. The summer camp, which is situated along the Guadalupe River, was evacuated overnight after heavy rainfall caused flash floods. Dozens of water rescues are taking place across Kerr County today. Kerr County's top lawmaker, Judge Rob Kelly, revealed one of the 13 people so-far confirmed dead in the Guadalupe River floods was unclothed. Kelly said: 'One of them was completely naked. They didn't have any ID on them.' The Guadalupe River rose to its second-highest height on record today at a height of 34 feet, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed early Friday morning. The river's highest height was 36 feet, recorded during a major flood in 1987 when nearly 12 inches of rain fell in the town of Hunt. Officials say restoration efforts have been slowed by flooding and downed power lines. All of Kerr County is considered to be an 'extremely active scene', Kerr County Sheriff Larry L. Leitha said in the statement.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Screams erupt as cabin full people is washed away by historic Texas floods - as death count rises
Screams can be heard in the darkness as a large cabin packed with people was swept away by deadly floodwaters in Texas. In one of the most harrowing scenes yet from a disaster that has already claimed 13 lives, the cabin was seen drifting rapidly down the Guadalupe River in Hill County in the dead of night, carried off by the surging current as panicked voices rang out from inside. Flashes of yellow light flickered from a flashlight inside the home, briefly illuminating the chaos as it floated past. 'Oh my god, there's so many people in it,' a male bystander could be heard saying in shock. 'Oh my god,' a woman could be heard saying behind him. It is unclear if any of the home's occupants were injured and if they got to safety. People have speculated the home looks like a counselor's cabin at Camp La Junta in Hunt. Daily Mail has reached out to Camp La Junta for comment. On Friday afternoon, the camp took to Facebook to announce that 'everyone at Camp La Junta is safe and accounted for.' 'We are working with authorities for the next step,' the statement read. 'We appreciate your prayers.' Other summer camps have not been so fortunate. The nearby Camp Mystic, a summer program for girls, confirmed that at least some of its campers were unaccounted for on Friday afternoon. The summer camp, which is situated along the Guadalupe River, was evacuated overnight after heavy rainfall caused flash floods. Dozens of water rescues are taking place across Kerr County today. Kerr County's top lawmaker, Judge Rob Kelly, revealed one of the 13 people so-far confirmed dead in the Guadalupe River floods was nude. Kelly said: 'One of them was completely naked. They didn't have any ID on them.' The Guadalupe River rose to its second-highest height on record today at a height of 34 feet, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed early Friday morning. The river's highest height was 36 feet, recorded during a major flood in 1987 when nearly 12 inches of rain fell in the town of Hunt. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr has issued a disaster declaration after severe flooding overnight resulted in widespread damage, injury and loss of life. The city's local Walmart is being used as a temporary reunification center for those displaced by the floods. A local utility company reported a 'major outage' impacting more than 2,600 customers across Kerrville, Center Point and Hunt. The Guadalupe River rose to its second-highest height on record today at a height of 34 feet. The river's highest height was 36 feet, recorded during a major flood in 1987 when nearly 12 inches of rain fell in the town of Hunt Officials say restoration efforts have been slowed by flooding and downed power lines. All of Kerr County is considered to be an 'extremely active scene', Kerr County Sheriff Larry L. Leitha said in the statement. 'Our Office is working with a wide variety of local and state agencies to respond to calls and rescues,' Leitha added. 'Residents are encouraged to shelter in place and not attempt travel. Those near creeks, streams, and the Guadalupe River should immediately move to higher ground.'
Forbes
06-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Study: Extended Interconnection Queue Times Plague Wind, Solar
Solar panels at the ENGIE Sun Valley Solar project in Hill County, Texas, on March 1, 2023. Solar ... More project developers in Texas enjoy among the shortest wait time in the U.S. for permission to interconnect into the ERCOT power grid. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images) AFP /AFP via Getty Images In a report likely to be used by interests on all sides of the U.S. power grid picture, big energy data and analytics firm Enverus says developers of wind, solar, and stationary battery projects can expect queue times of 4 to 9 years before they can be interconnected into the various regional power grids. The waiting period for interconnection depends on an array of policy and economic variables, but Enverus finds that developers can gauge expectations based in large part on their project's geographic location. Ryan Luther, research director at Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR), said in the report's Executive Summary, 'The surge in investment and development has overwhelmed interconnection queues, with a record number of projects seeking grid connections. This has exceeded grid operators' processing capacity, causing significant delays and project suspensions.' Enverus identifies regional power grids in New England - operated by independent system operator ISO-NE - and the Texas grid operated by ERCOT. Enverus Chart depicting average time in interconnection queues by regional U.S. grid for 2024. Enverus By contrast, the longest queue times were identified in the CAISO power grid in California and NYISO grid which serves New York. Neither of those latter findings should come as any real surprise given the heavy-handed regulatory environments in those two states. The significantly shorter time on the ERCOT grid may come as a surprise to many given that so much criticism has been leveled at the Texas grid manager since February 2021, when Winter Storm Uri caused massive, days-long blackouts resulting in the deaths of more than 300 Texans. EIR compiled its findings by analyzing timelines for projects which became operational during the 2022-2024 period, using its proprietary advanced analytics platform, PRISM. IRA Incentives Have Lengthened Queue Delays In its release, EIR notes that generous tax credits contained in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, along with Biden-era EPA's enhanced requirements designed to shut down coal-fired power plants have combined to boost demand for wind, solar, and battery projects across the country. But that reality has had an unintended consequence. 'The surge in investment and development has overwhelmed interconnection queues, with a record number of projects seeking grid connections,' the company says in a release, adding, "This has exceeded grid operators' processing capacity, causing significant delays and project suspensions. Understanding project suspensions and success rates is critical, as these factors vary by independent system operators (ISO), technology type and project stage.' EIR emphasizes its analysts' finding that about 90% of these proposed projects never progress beyond the interconnection queue, noting that, 'Based on our gradient-boosting machine learning model, we predict that only ~10% of projects will successfully come online in the next three years.' Obviously, these lengthy delays and bottlenecks in the interconnection process raise the coast of capital and result in a high percentage of proposed projects being cancelled. Citing interconnection suspensions late in the development cycle as a major impediment to ultimate project success rates, as depicted in the chart below, EIR says, 'NYISO, SPP, PJM and ISONE have more suspensions later in the project lifecycle, with interconnection agreement suspension rates ranging from 46% to 79%, compared to around 20% in ERCOT, CAISO and MISO. Consequently, projects in these markets show minimal improvement in completion probability until reaching construction.' Enverus chart depicting Average Time in Queue for 2022-24 Wind, Solar, and Battery Projects by ISO ... More Region. Enverus 'Congestion, competition, aging infrastructure and interconnection bottlenecks are the biggest obstacles in the way of reaching our goal of siting projects, maximizing the production of renewable energy generators and delivering power where it's needed the most,' says Silvia Alborghetti, director of Business Development at zhero. 'But the information we need for project siting requires lots of resources and time to gather.' The Bottom Line on Interconnection Queue Times These findings by Enverus serve to emphasize both some unintended consequences created by the IRA tax incentives and subsidy programs, as well as the fact that the need to streamline permitting processes applies to all sources of energy. It also highlights the complexity of the interplay between federal, regional, and state policies. The EIR study also emphasizes the enduring truth that time really is money, and the fact that taxpayers are forced to foot so much of the money being allocated to projects that never reach fruition due to these extended interconnection queue times becomes especially galling to many Americans. This really is no way to run a railroad, or more to the point, a power grid.
