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Four days after the devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, local officials and law enforcement in Kerr County couldn ...

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they ...

Catastrophic flooding in Texas has devastated faith-based summer camps, including Camp Mystic, where at least 27 people have ...

The death toll climbs to 87 in Kerr County as the search continues for victims of the July 4 Guadalupe River flooding.

More than 160 people are believed to be missing in Texas four days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday.

Residents say Kerr County’s use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions ...

Hundreds of rescuers on Tuesday (Jul 8) continued their search for people swept away by catastrophic floods in Texas that ...

Going back through U.S. weather station records dating to 1955, Kunkel found that rain over the past 20 years has become more ...

Joyce Catherine Badon, a 21-year-old senior at the Savannah College of Art and Design, died in the flooding, the school said ...

More than 160 people remain unaccounted for after devastating floods in Texas, the state governor said Tuesday, marking a ...

At least 13 fatalities were reported Friday as devastating floods slammed Texas' Hill Country with water rescues taking place ...