{"id":11119,"date":"2025-07-09T15:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/a-gut-punch-for-this-community-more-than-160-missing-in-kerr-county-after-floods\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:24:25","slug":"a-gut-punch-for-this-community-more-than-160-missing-in-kerr-county-after-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/a-gut-punch-for-this-community-more-than-160-missing-in-kerr-county-after-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A gut punch for this community&#8217;: More than 160 missing in Kerr County after floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"video-page\">\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"video-page__player\"><picture class data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_07\/1751984857360_n_mj_medina_250708_1920x1080-3uby82.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&#8216;Stop mocking climate change,&#8217; former NOAA official urges Trump following Texas flooding<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">06:24<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_07\/1751980847128_n_mj_2024book_250708_1920x1080-q01zz8.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Biden warned 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758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_07\/1751971642292_n_mj_ukraine_250708_1920x1080-u0l7il.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&#8216;We have to&#8217;: Trump says U.S. to send more weapons to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">05:33<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_07\/1751905051254_n_mj_nineb_250707_1920x1080-0gjn28.jpg\" 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media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_07\/1752065904152_n_mj_pepfar_250709_1920x1080-nqvwgn.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&#8216;Enraging&#8217;: Writer slams evangelicals for silence on gutting program to combat AIDS in Africa<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">07:59<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_07\/1752064520293_n_mj_swyers_250709_1920x1080-jr7aka.jpg\" 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