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New York Post
06-07-2025
- General
- New York Post
Wild video shows entire house with cat inside floating away in Texas flooding, smashing into bridge
The flash flooding in Texas that killed at least 43 people in one county alone was so fierce, it sent an entire house barreling down the Guadalupe River and crashing into a bridge, wild video shows. The home — apparently with a cat trapped inside — careened into a metal railing on Center Point Bridge by ferocious currents known as a flood wave. 'Oh, there's a cat in there,' Gavin Walston, who recorded the video, said as the beige house slams into the bridge around 7:40 a.m. Friday with a tremendous crash, partially uprooting a tree in the process. A house was sent racing down the roaring flood waters of an inundated waterway in Texas. Gavin Walston 'Hold on, little buddy,' the witness said. Walston began shooting the 37-minute video along state highway 480, or Old San Antonio Road, just as the flood wave — which occurs when there is a rapid rise of water — came rushing downstream. The video shows the river quickly swelling and picking up speed — in a stunning display of nature's raw power. Debris, including tree branches and garbage, begins to quickly pile up beneath the bridge, as the water climbs higher, sucking trees into its depths. At one point, Walston narrowly avoids getting crushed by a tree that is felled by the deluge. 'You alright?' another spectator asked. The camera replies in the affirmative. 'That was close, huh?' he said. The bridge is located about 30 miles east of Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp that was housing 750 people when the floodwaters swept through early Friday morning. At least five campers there died and 22 are missing. More than 40 people in Kerr County alone are dead.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
Family pleads for return of firefighter's stolen ashes
MT. CARMEL. IL (WEHT) — The family of a former firefighter in Mount Carmel is in disbelief after they say someone stole the firefighter's ashes during a burglary. 'I am going to hope and pray that he is returned,' says his wife, Kristina Babka. Glen Markle Jr. was a firefighter for 40 years. He died of cancer in 2021. Kristina Babka and her daughter say it feels like losing a husband and stepfather all over again. 'For someone to take him from his own house… nobody has the right to do that,' says Kimberly Waltson, Markle's stepdaughter. Markle says she noticed his ashes were gone while family members went to check on her mom's home. She says several items were stolen when her mom was not home, including her stepdad's ashes and his dad's belt buckle. Walston says the burglary opens up old wounds. 'How many times did he go out on Christmas, Easter, and Christmas Eve and fight somebody's fire. He did that, and for somebody to take him away… nobody has the right to do that. He belonged to us,' says Waltson. Markle retired from the fire department in 2020 and died from cancer in 2021. Walston says his last wish was to be buried by his wife. Now, the family says they feel like they were robbed of that wish. 'I had to look at her and say What do you want me to do with you, because your choice was being buried together. And if we don't get him back, what am I supposed to do with you? And she said you are just going to have to bury me, and that broke my heart. Because that is not what he wanted. He wanted to be buried together. He wanted to be together,' says Walston. Mt. Carmel City Hall, Hope Fellowship Church, and Short Cunningham Funeral Home are all locations. Walston says have agreed to receive the ashes anonymously without consequences. 'My goal is to just get him returned, no questions asked, and the belt buckle that was his dad's,' says Walston. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
08-02-2025
- General
- BBC News
Cambridge and Wisbech sleep out events planned on Saturday
An 85-year-old woman is among those planning to sleep rough to raise awareness about the struggles homeless people event is due to take place at St Giles' Church, in Cambridge, on Saturday, with funds going to It Takes A was organised by the Cambridge Convoy Refugee Action Group, whose members wanted to highlight the plight of rough sleepers both at home and Catharine Walston said noise and light pollution would make it hard for participants to fall asleep. 'From bad to worse' "It very much brings home the relationship between homelessness locally and the plight of people camped out in Calais and Dunkirk," Walston said."As a homeless person you will be very marginalised, people will not treat you very well and you will suffer from poor mental and physical health."Ms Walston said the oldest person taking part in the challenge, which is in its seventh year, was 85 years was planned on the same night another sleep out was due to take place on the streets of Wisbech, organised by charities Feed Fenland and Street Fenland founder George Broughton said the region's homelessness issues were "going from bad to worse". As of December 2024, there were 224 people homeless in the Fenland district - a 32% increase on the year before."It's been a really rough winter for rough sleepers locally," Mr Broughton said."I think it's important that local people and services start showing solidarity and change their perspective of homelessness."Mr Broughton added the prospect of sleeping rough for the night was "nerve-wracking" but stressed he was joined by a "fantastic group of volunteers". Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
