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2 Texas communities take different paths to recover from last year's devastating floods

NPR | By David Martin Davies

Published July 4, 2026 at 4:43 AM PDT

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Now a year since catastrophic flooding in neighboring parts of the Texas Hill Country, two communities have taken two very different paths to recovery.

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David Martin Davies

David Martin Davies is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering Texas, the border and Mexico.

2 Texas communities take different paths to recover from last year's devastating floods

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