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Christians in this central Texas community are working to help after catastrophic flooding claimed at least 89 lives and left ...

At least 10 girls and one counselor remain missing, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said at a news conference Monday. "Texas is grieving right now. The pain, the shock of what has ...

Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard swimmer, is credited with saving 165 people at the all-girls’ camp from deadly floods in Central ...

Sally Sample Graves was a grandmother who was killed in the flooding, the BBC reported. Sarah Sample wrote that a massive ...

The search for the missing continues in Texas following a holiday weekend deluge that killed at least 82 people.

Flash floods in Texas have killed nearly 90 people, many of them children. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours ...

The Ohio State Highway Patrol will send troopers to Texas to help respond to the catastrophic flooding, the DeWine ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Monday that the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) will assist with ...

A night security guard from Camp Mystic is being hailed a hero after using mattresses as rafts to rescue campers from the ...

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the ...

Camp Mystic is mourning the heartbreaking loss of 27 campers and counselors following devastating flooding along the ...