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Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel exteme downpours like those ...

Crews are using backhoes and their bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for more than 160 people believed to be missing in the flash floods that laid waste to ...

Officials in flood-stricken central Texas on Wednesday again deflected mounting questions about whether they could have done ...

Fears grew Wednesday (Jul 9) that the death toll of 110 in the Texas floods could still surge as hopes fade of finding ...

A public backlash is enveloping Kerr County over the local steps taken after the National Weather Service warned of a ...

Officials in Kerr County are expected to hold a press conference Wednesday morning on recovery efforts as the stark numbers ...

The governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods.