In the aftermath of the Kerr County flooding, there are growing questions about how the response was handled as leaders at ...

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More than 160 people are still believed to be missing in Texas days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July ...

In other words, we keep playing a game of chance with forces indifferent to us—until we are finally reminded of the cost of ...

Volunteers and veterans are leading extensive recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River in Ingram, clearing debris and continuing the search for missing people after the Independence Day flood.

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 ...

Search teams continued to comb through large parts of central Texas in a bid to look for survivors, five days after historic floods in the area. No new survivors have been found in days and more than ...

Search and rescue operations in central Texas entered their fifth day on Tuesday after heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River, sending floodwaters through homes and summer camps and killing ...

First responders who continue to search for missing people in the floodwaters are also suffering, as they face burnout and emotional fatigue in the face of such tragedy. To help combat mental health ...

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

A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency ...