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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
This Unbelievable Video Of An Entire House Being Swept Away In A Flood In New Mexico Is Going Super Viral
The horrific flooding in Kerr County, Texas, has been the focus of national news since the Fourth of July. And while Texans are just beginning to regroup and recover, extreme weather in other parts of the country continues. On Tuesday, torrential rain hit Ruidoso, a small mountain town and summer destination in southern New Mexico, and caused the Rio Ruidoso to overflow. The flash floods that ensued have killed three people, including two children. Emergency services carried out dozens of swift water rescues. "We had people in trees, we had people in the water, people just trapped in houses with water coming into them," Fire Chief Cade Hall said, according to CBS. "You name it, we were having to address it." Related: A meteorologist for the National Weather Service said that the rain fell on land that had been scorched in wildfires last year. "The burn scar was unable to absorb a lot of the rain, as water quickly ran downhill into the river," the Weather Channel reported. The NWS in Albuquerque warned residents of flood danger on X Tuesday afternoon. According to the Weather Channel, Ruidoso-based artist Kaitlyn Carpenter was riding her motorcycle through town but sought shelter at a brewery as the rain picked up. There, she started recording the rapidly flowing river. This is what the rapids looked like at the start: Related: People offscreen in the video marvel at the flooding and debris moving swiftly downriver. Then, someone says, "Oh, there comes a house!" StringersHub via AP The house comes into full view as people react in shock and horror. "Oh no, oh no, oh my gosh," one voice says. The Weather Channel reported that Carpenter, who was recording the video, actually recognized the house by its turquoise door. It belonged to a close friend's family. It passes in seconds, taking down small trees as it gets swept out of view. Carpenter has said that the family was not home at the time and is safe. StringersHub via AP Related: The New York Times, among other outlets, posted the video to its social media channels. Commenters got political real quick, and rightfully so. "While all that happens, the current president keeps denying that climate change is real..." one person wrote. This person called living in the US "cray cray." Someone referenced the climate demonstration by the group Extinction Rebellion in which a group of scientists chained themselves to a JP Morgan Chase building in downtown Los Angeles (it was in 2022, for clarity). Related: Several commenters called out the painful irony of this situation, referencing the Trump administration's cuts to the NWS... ...as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and FEMA. "Greetings from the changing climate," someone wrote. And finally, this person said, "Thank god no billionaires were hurt..." What do you think? Let me know in the comments. Also in In the News: Also in In the News: Also in In the News:
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
This Unbelievable Video Of An Entire House Being Swept Away In A Flood In New Mexico Is Going Super Viral
The horrific flooding in Kerr County, Texas, has been the focus of national news since the Fourth of July. And while Texans are just beginning to regroup and recover, extreme weather in other parts of the country continues. On Tuesday, torrential rain hit Ruidoso, a small mountain town and summer destination in southern New Mexico, and caused the Rio Ruidoso to overflow. The flash floods that ensued have killed three people, including two children. Emergency services carried out dozens of swift water rescues. "We had people in trees, we had people in the water, people just trapped in houses with water coming into them," Fire Chief Cade Hall said, according to CBS. "You name it, we were having to address it." Related: A meteorologist for the National Weather Service said that the rain fell on land that had been scorched in wildfires last year. "The burn scar was unable to absorb a lot of the rain, as water quickly ran downhill into the river," the Weather Channel reported. The NWS in Albuquerque warned residents of flood danger on X Tuesday afternoon. According to the Weather Channel, Ruidoso-based artist Kaitlyn Carpenter was riding her motorcycle through town but sought shelter at a brewery as the rain picked up. There, she started recording the rapidly flowing river. This is what the rapids looked like at the start: Related: People offscreen in the video marvel at the flooding and debris moving swiftly downriver. Then, someone says, "Oh, there comes a house!" StringersHub via AP The house comes into full view as people react in shock and horror. "Oh no, oh no, oh my gosh," one voice says. The Weather Channel reported that Carpenter, who was recording the video, actually recognized the house by its turquoise door. It belonged to a close friend's family. It passes in seconds, taking down small trees as it gets swept out of view. Carpenter has said that the family was not home at the time and is safe. StringersHub via AP Related: The New York Times, among other outlets, posted the video to its social media channels. Commenters got political real quick, and rightfully so. "While all that happens, the current president keeps denying that climate change is real..." one person wrote. This person called living in the US "cray cray." Someone referenced the climate demonstration by the group Extinction Rebellion in which a group of scientists chained themselves to a JP Morgan Chase building in downtown Los Angeles (it was in 2022, for clarity). Related: Several commenters called out the painful irony of this situation, referencing the Trump administration's cuts to the NWS... ...as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and FEMA. "Greetings from the changing climate," someone wrote. And finally, this person said, "Thank god no billionaires were hurt..." What do you think? Let me know in the comments. Also in In the News: Also in In the News: Also in In the News:
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Thousands Of People Are Thinking The Same Thing After Seeing A Viral Clip Of The Floodwaters In Texas
News out of Texas this Fourth of July weekend has been nothing short of devastating. The death toll from severe flooding has risen to at least 108 people, including 30 children, and continues to climb. TikTok user @kelseycrowder_ posted a timestamped compilation of clips showing how the Frio River, about 80 miles west of San Antonio, flooded while people were out celebrating the holiday. She captioned the video "NATURE. IS. WILD." It's been viewed over 8 million times. Related: The clip starts at 5:43 p.m., when it was a relatively normal Fourth of July on the then-calm river: Just about half an hour later, floodwaters are rushing by: @kelseycrowder_ / Via Check out how wide the river has gotten by 6:31 p.m.: Related: And finally, at 6:44 p.m., the floodwaters have engulfed tree trunks: You can watch the full video here. @kelseycrowder_ / Via Another viral video from the flooding was a 30-second time-lapse of the rapidly rising water on the Llano River in Kingsland, Texas. CNN posted the time-lapse to its TikTok, and people in the comments wasted no time connecting the little-to-no warning reportedly received by residents ahead of the flooding to President Donald Trump's gutting of government entities like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Weather Service (NWS), and FEMA. Related: "if only we had a fully funded and supported national weather service..." someone wrote. This commenter pointed to DOGE's NOAA cuts, which resulted in thousands of laid-off staff, including scientists. This person wrote, "We should not have to beg for better warning systems." Someone mentioned how officials in hardest-hit Kerr County have been sounding the alarm on flood preparedness for nearly a decade. Related: Someone else said that it's time for Texas to "come together as a community" in the face of Trump's hope to eliminate FEMA altogether. "But climate change doesn't exist," this person wrote, adding that rural Texas counties often vote against climate policy. And finally, this person wrote, "Officials just standing around watching the water rise" — literally and figuratively. What do you think? Discuss in the comments. Also in In the News: Also in In the News: Also in In the News:
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Boys Are Fighting: Elon Musk Took A Public Dump On Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"
President Donald Trump's point man on cost-cutting criticized the bill enshrining Trump's domestic policy agenda because it would cost the government trillions of dollars if enacted. Elon Musk, leader of Trump's 'Department of Government Efficiency,' said he was let down by the legislation, which is known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Related: 18 Major Global Events That American Media Is Ignoring Right Now, And Why They Actually Matter To Us 'I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,' Musk told CBS News in an interview clip released Tuesday. The legislation would add $3 trillion or more to federal budget deficits over the next decade with tax cuts that are only partially offset by spending reductions. The White House and most other Republicans have insisted, contrary to all budget experts, that the tax cuts will be so good for business that they will juice government revenue and make up the difference. So it's striking for Musk, a close ally of the president, to dump on the bill. Related: A Clip Of Donald Trump Getting Angry After Being Fact-Checked Is Going Mega Viral, And It Sums Up His Entire Presidency In A Nutshell And it's not like Musk has a problem with questionable budget projections, such as his claims that his DOGE team could find $1 trillion in annual savings by cutting government waste, or that they've eliminated $175 billion so far even as real-time federal data shows the government spending more than it did last year by roughly that same amount. Republicans pushed the 'big, beautiful bill' through the House last week, but their counterparts in the Senate plan to make changes, meaning both the Senate and the House will have to vote again before the bill can go to the president's desk. A handful of right-wing House and Senate Republicans have major qualms about the bill's deficit impact. Adding more to the national debt goes against everything Republicans have said about fiscal responsibility. It's not clear if those qualms, however, will lead them to actually block the bill. Musk's team, under Trump's executive authority, has worked from inside federal agencies, pushing for mass layoffs and other changes. Many of their actions have gotten tied up in federal courts, since it's supposed to be Congress, not the executive branch, that controls federal spending. The White House has hesitated to send Congress a package of 'rescissions' that lawmakers could vote on to codify DOGE's cuts. In recent weeks, Musk has signaled his intention to step back from his temporary White House role and spend more time at his companies, including Tesla and SpaceX. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. Also in In the News: An Ad Against Far-Right Voters Is Going Viral For Being Both Terrifying And (Kinda) Accurate Also in In the News: 15 Extremely Difficult Things People Do Not Understand About The United States, And, Honestly, They Got A Point Also in In the News: "MAGAs Are The Dumbest People On This Planet": 26 Tweets About The Sad State Of Politics This Week
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Doctors Are Weighing In On How Long Joe Biden Could Live With "Aggressive" Cancer
Former President Joe Biden's advanced prostate cancer diagnosis has generated several estimates of how long he could live ― and some suggest his cancer could have cut short his term in office had he been reelected. The 82-year-old's cancer has spread to the bone, meaning it is metastatic and more severe because it is not localized. Related: The White House Just Revealed A New Painting Of Trump's Assassination Attempt, And Literally Everyone Is Saying The Same Thing Dr. Matthew Smith of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, who has led a research program on prostate cancer survivorship, told the Associated Press that men can anticipate to live with metastatic prostate cancer for four or five years. Dr. Sandy Srinivas, a medical oncologist at Stanford, had a similar take. Srinivas confirmed to ABC News in the Bay Area that while Biden's condition is incurable, living another four or five years wouldn't be out of the ordinary. Related: A Picture Of Donald Trump's Face Being Two Completely Different Colors Is Going Viral For Obvious Reasons Dr. Herbert Lepor, who specializes in urologic oncology at NYU Langone, offered a more optimistic range. He told Reuters that even patients with metastatic prostate cancer can survive 'five to 10 years and beyond.' None of these physicians is treating Biden, but their predictions do offer a window into what Biden could face in the near future. Concerns over Biden's mortality while in office became moot when he dropped out of the race last summer amid doubts about his mental sharpness and physical stamina. This article originally appeared on HuffPost. Also in In the News: "WHY ARE PEOPLE SO STUPID": This MAGA Supporter Shared 10 Reasons Why They Regret Voting For Trump, And The Internet Is Not Impressed Also in In the News: People Who Voted For Trump Are Getting Very Honest About Donald Trump's Latest Truth Social Post Also in In the News: "Honestly Speechless At How Evil This Is": 26 Brutal, Brutal, Brutal Political Tweets Of The Week
