Time-lapse: July 2025 flash floods in Texas
The Texas flash floods—which resulted in the Guadalupe River rising by 31 feet (9.4 meters) in Comfort, Texas, in a span of 90 minutes—caused more than 120 deaths across the state.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.A mongoose (Herpestes species) attacking an Asian cobra (Naja naja).
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzLearn about the humphead wrasse (sometimes called Napoleon fish) and scorpionfish, which can be found in the waters of the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Flood control downstream of London: the Thames Barrier.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterFootage taken by Landsat 5 satellite showing the extent of the Mississippi River flooding in Cairo, Ill., and Memphis, Tenn., May 10, 2011.
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