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Help us tell the story: Share your photos and videos from flooding in Texas
As images continue to emerge, USA TODAY is asking anyone willing to share photos or video of tragic aftermath to submit them ...
Texas flooding kills more than 80 as search continues for dozens of people
The death toll from the devastating floods across central Texas surpassed 90 as dozens of people remain missing. In Kerr ...
Coast Guard swimmer on first rescue mission helps save 165 in Texas floods
Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan helped save 165 people after the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 feet in less ...
What to know about the flash floods in Texas that killed nearly 90 people
Flash floods in Texas have killed nearly 90 people, many of them children. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours ...
Terrified girls, helicopters, and a harrowing scene: A rescuer’s tale at Camp Mystic
Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard swimmer, is credited with saving 165 people at the all-girls’ camp from deadly floods in Central ...
‘Oh my God, we’re floating’: What survivors – and those still missing – faced in terrifying Texas floods
Soon, it swept a woman away. ‘Made sure all the floaties were inflated’ Around 5 a.m., friends Joyce Badon, ...
Questions on Texas flood warning can wait, Cruz says: ‘That was an act of God,’ Trump official says
Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, said recent government spending cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the ...
Former Houston appointee claims flood-ravaged Camp Mystic is 'Whites-only' in viral video
Former Houston appointee Sade Perkins recently came under fire after claiming that Camp Mystic was "White-only" as the Texas ...