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Volunteers with Samaritan's Purse were helping to clear out a home on the Guadalupe River that was destroyed by the flood and ...

The 30-day special session of the Texas Legislature is set to begin Monday, July 21. The agenda includes 18 legislative ...

Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, ...

Volunteer drone teams joined emergency responders in the Texas Hill Country flood to search for victims and support recovery ...

Mounting evidence shows no state is safe from the flooding that ravaged the Texas Hill Country. Your community could be next.

Just over two weeks after floodwaters devastated Central Texas, one Iowa native on the ground is sharing what his home state ...

The bill represents the first of expected flood-related measures as lawmakers prepare to address the July 4 Central Texas ...

The number of people missing after the July 4 floods in Texas has dropped to just three as search efforts continue and ...

Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from ...

Two days before the waters of the Guadalupe River swelled into a deadly and devastating Fourth of July flood in Kerr County, ...