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Volunteers flock to help search efforts after Texas floods even as officials warn them away
Flash flooding in Texas Hill Country has triggered one of the largest rescue operations in the state’s history.
Some former Texas county officials thought informal phone calls, not sirens, would be sufficient in a flood
Texas county commissioners previously suggested "river calling," an informal phone chain used by summer camps, would be ...
Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend surpasses 100
In the Hill Country area, home to Camp Mystic and several other summer camps, searchers have found the bodies of 75 people, ...
95 confirmed dead from Texas floods as searches - and grief - continue
The statement from Camp Mystic did not say all those missing from the camp had been found, but it seemed to concede that it ...
Kerr County lacked ‘last mile’ warning to get NWS alerts to residents before Texas flash floods
Many warnings from the National Weather Service went out to Kerr County, Texas, but the area wasn't equipped with sirens to ...
Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape
Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people. Officials say the death toll ...
Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over July Fourth weekend surpasses 100
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend has surpassed 100 as the massive search ...
Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.