How the Texas floods forever changed one family

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<p>On July 4, 2025, catastrophic flooding tore through Central&nbsp;Texas, killing more than 130 people and destroying communities along the Guadalupe River. Aaron Parsley, a senior editor at <em>Texas Monthly</em>, was there &mdash; and though he survived, his family suffered a devastating loss. His harrowing <a href="https://apple.news/AA27XRFp7QNefcfYM93Y_kw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">account</a> of what happened when floodwaters overwhelmed their house and ripped them apart won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Now he&rsquo;s out with a <a href="https://apple.news/ANJxz5LELSkiGtwh2eK7EyA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">new essay</a> and a <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-the-river-took-us/id1896345297?i=1000766497488" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">podcast</a> about what their recovery has looked like. Parsley joined <em>Apple News In Conversation</em> guest host <a href="https://www.kcrw.com/people/david-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Greene</a> to talk about grief, the evolution of his faith, and what survival really means.</p>