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

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

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for counties in the Hill Country ...

The half-mile stretch occupied by two campgrounds appears to have been one of the deadliest spots along the Guadalupe River ...

President Trump visits Texas to survey flood damage and discuss relief efforts amidst scrutiny over emergency alert systems ...

President Donald Trump travels to Texas on Friday amid growing questions about how local officials responded to the ...

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to Texas today to tour the damage left behind by devastating ...

Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the ...

As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort — a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone ...

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was ...