John Cornyn: “We've had an extended period of drought this summer, which…”

“They're expecting some torrential rains in other parts of Texas, hopefully nothing nearly as devastating as what we saw. But there's still a lot of rain coming down in Texas today. Yeah, We've had an extended period of drought this summer, which is not unusual in the heat of the Texas summer. But of course, all this rain during a short period of time is causing flooding. And unfortunately, there have been loss of lives in other parts of the state beyond Kerrville, where the Camp mystic was located.” (04:05–04:12)

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