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Crews are using backhoes and their bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for more ...

Satellite imagery of Camp Mystic and other areas along the Guadalupe River shows the devastating aftermath of the Fourth of ...

At least 161 people were missing from Kerr County alone, officials said. Several children were among the missing.

Virginia Wynne Naylor, 8, was at Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp with cabins along the river in a rural part of Kerr County, when the floods hit on July 4. Her family confirmed her death in a ...

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 160 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search ...

Ron Duke treasured the Guadalupe River more than anything. The 80-year-old loved to kayak along the crystal clear waterway ...

“We must stop treating climate-driven events as unpredictable ‘natural’ disasters.” ...

Outdoor weather alert systems are not required by any federal or state law. The choice is left up to local leaders.