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In the wake of fatal flash flooding that ripped through the Texas Hill Country over Fourth of July weekend, first responders from Mexico are answering the Lone Star State's call for aid.

Five campers and one counselor from Camp Mystic remain unaccounted for as local officials face mounting questions over who ...

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

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done ...

We continue to follow the devastation from flash flooding in Texas, where more than 100 people have died and more than 150 ...

Fears grew Wednesday (Jul 9) that the death toll of 110 in the Texas floods could still surge as hopes fade of finding ...

A public backlash is enveloping Kerr County over the local steps taken after the National Weather Service warned of a ...

Briefing mediapersons over Texas floods, Kerr County Sheriff Larry L Leitha said the first flash flood notification came between 4 AM and 5 AM.

Officials in Kerr County are expected to hold a press conference Wednesday morning on recovery efforts as the stark numbers ...