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FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the ...

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to ...

With hundreds confirmed dead or still missing, questions remain about the local response to flood warnings. Meanwhile, ...

Historic Texas flood leaves 161 missing and 96 dead. Rescuers battle harsh conditions, as communities grapple with heartache ...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are surveying the devastation wrought by flash flooding in Central Texas.

President Donald Trump was expected to arrive in Kerr County, Texas, Friday afternoon, one week after the area was struck by ...

The Community Foundation says it will announce a major milestone in the response to its Kerr County Flood Relief Fund and the ...

Survivors are working alongside emergency officials in Texas as they continue to search debris piles for any signs of life.

Local officials in Kerr County continue facing public scrutiny after days of seeming to deflect questions about their ...

Nonprofit Joint Task Force K-9s is taking a team of four cadaver dogs to Kerr County, Texas in hopes of helping bring ...

President Donald Trump is visiting Texas on Friday to assess catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 120 people.