A state Senate committee convened Friday to deliberate legislation aimed at bolstering the state’s readiness for natural disasters following the July flooding that killed more than 130 in Central Texas.
The Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4.
Dramatic 911 calls from the Fourth of July flooding in the Texas Hill Country have been released. These calls reveal the desperation of those caught up in the disaster.
Monday, Aug. 4, marked one month since catastrophic flooding ripped through the Texas Hill Country, killing over 100 people in Kerr County alone.
Only one girl from Camp Mystic and one adult male remain missing more than two weeks after the deadly Hill Country floods, Gov. Greg Abbott said on social media Tuesday.
Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding on July 4 say just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100.
The mother of Camp Mystic camper Blakely McCrory shared letters that her daughter sent before the fatal Hill Country Floods.
A spokesman for Camp Mystic, the Texas enclave devastated by a July 4 flash flood, is raising concerns about communication failures during the disaster.
Katherine Ferruzzo, a Camp Mystic counselor who had been unaccounted for a week after the deadly Hill Country floods, was confirmed dead on Friday, her family announced.
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors.
Green ribbons have been appearing across the community, in Alamo Heights particularly, to honor campers from Camp Mystic who died or remain missing in the recent deadly Hill Country floods. The ribbons also serve as a symbol of support for all flood victims.
Robert Earl Keen, who owns a ranch just outside Kerrville, is lending his talents in an upcoming concert that will benefit many of his Hill Country neighbors impacted by last week’s floods.
Most U.S. adults who've experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause.
Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the state's Hill Country.
State officials verified that Camp Mystic had an emergency plan in place before the July 4 floods, according to records obtained Tuesday by KSAT Investigates.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, 26, was credited with saving 169 kids from the floods on the morning of July 4 in Kerr County, including girls from Camp Mystic.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than 160 people are believed to be still missing days after flash floods killed more than 100 people across central Texas.
Normally, Michael McKenzie uses a trolley car to sell ice cream and hot chocolate in the City of Kyle. Now he’s driving that same trolley to deliver hot meals to those in need in the aftermath of the catastrophic July 4 flooding across the Hill Country.
In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions about preparations and warnings in advance of the storm that struck July Fourth.
A faculty member at the University of Texas at San Antonio was among the confirmed victims in the Central Texas flooding, according to a press release from the university.
Several players on the Trinity University football team are in the Hill Country to volunteer their time to help recovery efforts in the area.
At least 84 people, including 28 children, were killed in Kerr County, and another six were found dead in Kendall County due to flooding, officials said Monday.
Camp Mystic has confirmed the deaths of 27 campers and camp counselors in the catastrophic floods on July 4, according to a statement on the camp’s website.
The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas has risen to 82 after searchers found more bodies.
At least 43 people died and 27 girls from Camp Mystic are still missing due to flooding along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country on the Fourth of July.
Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people.
Family members have identified more than a dozen people who are presumed missing after severe flooding in the Texas Hill Country on Friday.
As the floodwaters recede from Camp Mystic, a torrent of grief remains for the families of the children who died and those who went missing when flash floods tore through central Texas earlier this week.
Rescuers are searching for 11 campers and one counselor missing from Camp Mystic, a girls-only camp on the Guadalupe River that flooded during Friday morning’s storm in the Texas Hill Country.
The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office and Comfort Volunteer Fire Department are evacuating people along the Guadalupe River amid major flooding.
