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🎧 NPR’s Greg Allen tells Up First he spent time along the Guadalupe River yesterday, where he saw horrific scenes, including cars piled up in trees and mounds of rubble. Wendy Barker, who lives in Hunt, a community devastated by the flooding, says she wonders why she and others in the community never received any alerts. Barker says she woke up throughout the night, heard the rain, but never got any warnings on her phone about any flash flooding. The National Weather Service began warning of potential flooding on Wednesday, upgraded it on Thursday, and declared a deadly flash flood emergency after nearly a foot of rain fell. Local officials say the current focus is on recovery efforts and questions will be answered later. 

➡️ Texas is working to pick up the pieces after the devastation. Here’s a look at photos of how communities were impacted and a time-lapse video showing Texas’ Llano River flooding in just minutes.

🎧 Mediators in the region have informed NPR’s Daniel Estrin that the Israeli and Hamas delegations are on different floors of the same hotel. The mediators are shuttling between floors. Estrin says he saw that a recent draft deal under negotiation starts with a 60-day ceasefire. Hamas would release 10 of the 20 living hostages it still has, and Israel would release Palestinian prisoners. On day one of the deal, terms would be discussed for a final end to the war. Netanyahu's latest stance is that Hamas will no longer exist in Gaza, and U.S.-Israel talks this week will likely address what that would entail.

🎧 Trump says countries will receive letters today outlining their tariff rate, NPR’s Deepa Shivaram says. The administration believes this could spark more deals rapidly, as only a few have been made during the pause. The pause since April has provided some stability in financial markets. But recently, Trump stated that the new tariff rates on countries that fail to negotiate deals could be even higher than those originally announced.