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

I can't imagine the pain so many parents in Texas are now suffering. They deserve answers about why warning systems were not activated earlier.

Multiple parts of central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River rose rapidly.

Sally Sample Graves was a grandmother who was killed in the flooding, the BBC reported. Sarah Sample wrote that a massive ...

The search for the missing continues in Texas following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people.

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.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said 75 bodies had been recovered from the area - with 48 of them adults and 27 children.

Flash floods in Texas have killed nearly 90 people, many of them children. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Monday that the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) will assist with ...

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the ...

Camp Mystic is mourning the heartbreaking loss of 27 campers and counselors following devastating flooding along the ...