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The National Weather Service issued an urgent flood warning at 1:14 a.m. July 4th. Camp personnel did not start moving girls ...

An inch to 2 inches of rainfall has already been recorded this morning across the warning area, and an additional inch to 2 ...

For many families, the most serious warnings about the deadly and raging torrent in Texas Hill Country on July 4 came too ...

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

By midweek, a subtropical high pressure system will nudge into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico, bringing a drying trend across ...

For a second straight day, rain forecasts hampered the search Monday for people still missing after deadly floods pummeled ...

Earlier Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) for San Antonio warned that a "dangerous situation is occurring" in areas ...

Ground search operations were disrupted Sunday in Kerr County, Texas, where many lives were lost in the catastrophic July 4 ...

Gary, DeeAnn, Jake and Megan all lost their lives. Harley is still among the missing. Both families lived in Canyon Lake but ...

The organizations working together to help the flood victims said that 'no additional in-kind donations (clothing, food, ...

A flood watch was in effect for more than a dozen counties as authorities resumed the search for victims of the July 4 tragedy.