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Crews are using backhoes and their bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for more ...

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

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