WASHINGTON (AP) — Her voice breaking, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that emergency responders in Texas ...

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Kerr County officials say they are still focused mainly on the search for survivors with hundreds still missing and weren't yet examining how the emergency response unfolded.

And what should have been a celebration of America’s proudest day suddenly turned into an American tragedy.They had come to ...

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they ...

Search and rescue operations in central Texas entered their fifth day on Tuesday after heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River, sending floodwaters through homes and summer camps and killing ...

"Over the weekend, during the devastating flooding that hit Central Texas, family—like so many others—suffered a heartbreaking and deeply personal loss. We are grieving alongside countless Texans ...

Going back through U.S. weather station records dating to 1955, Kunkel found that rain over the past 20 years has become more intense in the eastern two-thirds of the country, including the southern ...

CNN's Jake Tapper was taken aback as he reported on the rapidly growing toll from the flash floods in central Texas on ...

Keen, who is perhaps known for his hit song "The Road Goes On Forever," shared the message on social media, saying Camp ...

A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency ...