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Even as emergency responders continue to comb through debris a week after a flash flood surged on the Guadalupe River north of San Antonio, Texas, an analysis is beginning on how similar tragedies could be avoided in the future. Experts say solutions exist, but also acknowledge that cost can be an obstacle for rural communities. Local officials say their top task remains recovering the missing. But state leaders say flood preparedness will be a focus of an upcoming special legislative session. What may be emerging: the political will to support reliable warning systems that can reach people who are in harm鈥檚 way.

Plausible theories abound. But Ukrainians aren鈥檛 entirely sure why Russian drones have been targeting the dairy industry in Kharkiv. Over the past three years the region, Ukraine鈥檚 third-largest producer of milk in 2021, has lost half its herd of 33,000 cows. As Russia continues aerial attacks on cities, we look at this less-reported development.

With Syria鈥檚 civil war over, people are returning home. But rebuilding is a potentially lethal task, as streets and farmland are seeded with unexploded land mines 鈥� leaving children and civilians potentially in harm鈥檚 way. Demining activity is limited, but ongoing. 鈥淚t is better to work with what we have,鈥� says Hiba al-Hassan, one of the women on a demining team, 鈥渢han not do anything.鈥�

A quartet of children鈥檚 picture books spreads the message that no one is too small or too powerless to effect change. With courage and persistence, anyone can make a difference.

Chasing the ice cream truck down the street. Whiling away hot days with water-gun fights. Picking figs and shucking sweet corn. A handful of writers share simple childhood memories that underscore summertime as a season steeped in nostalgia.