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Last Friday, heavy rains sent a wall of water roaring down the Guadalupe River in the early morning hours of the US ...

Dick Eastland was swept away by the deadly current as he and his son went from cabin to cabin to get campers to higher ground ...

US President Donald Trump flew to Texas Friday as questions swirled over the authorities' response to flash floods that have ...

The White House said the president will also visit the state emergency operations center to meet with first responders and ...

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm's way before a flash ...

Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began ...

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott also directed lawmakers to tighten regulations on THC products, eliminate Texas’ high-stakes STAAR test and ...