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Crews are using backhoes and their bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for more ...

At least 161 people were missing from Kerr County alone, officials said. Several children were among the missing.

Barry and Chantel were short-lived tropical storms but their remnants caused killer flooding in Texas and North Carolina.

Search and rescue operations continue to comb through the region as crews work to clean up the mountains of debris throughout ...

"And our cabins are high up, and for them to be flooding, it's like, you know, something's wrong," Georgia Jones said.

Neil Jacobs, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, faced a Senate committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

At least three people, including two children, were killed in a wildfire-scarred village in southern New Mexico after torrential rain triggered raging flash flooding, officials said. The victims were ...

Former Kerr County commissioner Tom Moser advocated for a siren warning system about a decade ago. He believes sirens could ...

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly ...

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 160 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search ...