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Flash flooding in Texas Hill Country, triggered by intense thunderstorms, has resulted in at least 81 deaths, including at ...

At least 27 campers and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic during the devastating Texas floods, the camp said in a statement. Some remain missing.

Debates and finger-pointing began almost immediately, with Texans questioning whether the state is ignoring the effects of ...

National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for the areas of Central Texas hit most by the deadly flooding over Fourth of July weekend.

Several organizations are accepting donations for those impacted by the floods, as well as first responders and volunteers.

Flash floods in Texas killed at least 82 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend and left others still missing, ...

“Oh my God, we’re floating,” Ruffin Boyett realized. The campers had to make a quick decision. “The flood started getting ...

"It's just too much to bear," Pamela Brown says as the death toll rises to more than 80, including 27 campers and counselors.

Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard swimmer, is credited with saving 165 people at the all-girls’ camp from deadly floods in Central ...

It was about 1 a.m. on the Fourth of July when the facilities manager at a central Texas summer camp saw water from the ...

Yet critical data about this freakish weather hitting America and the rest of the world is about to go offline, at the moment in history that we need it the most. Don’t let the government withhold ...