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Shakira pledges to donate portion of concert proceeds to Hill Country floods disaster relief

Hours before taking the stage at the Alamodome, Shakira announced she would donate a portion of proceeds from her July 5 concert to support families affected by the Hill Country floods.

“I just landed in San Antonio, devastated to hear the news of the floods, the deaths, and the girls still missing,” Shakira said in a social media post, which was written in Spanish. At least 43 people have died due to flooding along the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country on the Fourth of July, Kerr County officials said in a news conference Saturday evening. Riley returned to the Lone Star State after serving as the senior digital producer at the NBC affiliate in mid-Missouri and earning two Missouri Broadcasters Association awards.

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