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Thousands join effort to find treasures in the mud after Texas floods

The deadly flooding of the Guadalupe River swept away priceless belongings, but volunteers have helped reunite families with ...

Rural Texas county’s top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis

Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood ...

Hearing on deadly Texas floods reveals local officials missed emergency planning briefing

All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, ...

‘Not a Damned Penny.’ Texas Flood Survivors Look for Help

Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.

Holland, Texas bar’s benefit helps Belton, Texas native devastated by flooding

HOLLAND, Texas (KWTX) - The Jerry’s Place bar in Holland, Texas held a 12-hour benefit featuring music and barbeque. Belton, ...

Texas flood survivor says she was uninsured and is ‘paying for it now.’ And many felt they were priced out of protection

For Cynthia Thomas, a longtime resident of the Hill Country and a survivor of the Guadalupe River flooding, the disaster hit ...

Experts say Texas is ignoring root cause of deadly July floods: unregulated development

Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts ...

'In Texas, when the rivers rise, so do we' | First responders, community rally behind Center Point VFD

"This is how we pay for our fuel, insurance, maintenance, our trucks, and buildings, how we purchase our gear, it's for ...

Texas flood survivors say nobody warned them of the water crashing in — but experts argue no alert could be fast enough

“Nobody came. No fire. No EMS. No sheriff. Nobody came for us. Nobody,” Gallagher told a July 31 hearing by the Texas Senate ...