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With the holiday weekend ahead of them, some 750 girls bunked in last Thursday night at Camp Mystic. Just a few miles away in ...

Severe flooding in Central Texas claimed at least 82 lives and left at least 41 missing across the state, officials said ...

The search for missing bodies is ongoing along Texas’ Guadalupe River after catastrophic and deadly flooding killed at least ...

Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central ...

Devastating flash floods in central Texas on Friday has killed at least 95 people, including more than two dozen at Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls along the Guadalupe River. The river ...

The death toll from flash flooding in Kerr County reached 75 on Monday, including 27 children, while officials continued ...

The death toll from the devastating floods across central Texas surpassed 90 as dozens of people remain missing. In Kerr ...

MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION: The catastrophic flooding struck on Friday, causing a surge of 20 to 26 feet on the Guadalupe ...

Tavia Hunt, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, is morning the loss of lives. In a post on Instagram, Hunt ...

Jane Ragsdale, 68, devoted her life to the Heart O’the Hills Camp, a summer camp for girls in Texas Hill Country. She was a ...