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Flash floods swept through Texas over the Fourth of July weekend, leaving more than 90 people dead. Dozens remain missing.

CBS News analysis shows there were 22 warnings sent by the National Weather Service for Kerr County and the Kerrville area, ...

Catholic leaders and government officials continued to issue statements of solidarity and support to victims of the ...

Twenty kids dead in Texas and you take a vacation?” someone asked the Texas senator after spotting him abroad.

The death toll from the July 4th weekend flooding in Central Texas stands at 99. Kerr County is reporting 84 deaths with at ...

Flash floods in Texas killed dozens and left an unknown number of July Fourth visitors and campers missing, including many ...

The risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas with more rain on the way. The Texas Hill Country is home to several summer camps. Searchers there have found the bodies of 75 ...

At least 27 campers and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic during the devastating Texas floods. Some are still missing.

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 ...

A "worst case scenario" of meteorological events contributed to the extreme flash flooding event that killed dozens of people ...