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In one of the deadliest floods in Texas history, a mother's worst fears turned into grateful tears when she reunited with her ...

"I couldn't fall back asleep because, like, I just had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen." Lucy Kennedy ...

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

The deadly flash floods in central Texas that claimed more than 100 lives over the July Fourth weekend in the United States ...

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 ...

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company took action against its Grok chatbot on Wednesday, removing a post it had made ...

An budding 8-year-old actress. Twin sisters from Dallas. A man who rescued his family, but died the effort. These are a few ...

Canadian summer camp organizers say they expect a ripple effect of bolstered emergency plans and preparations this summer.

Would you feel comfortable sending your kids to camp this summer? How should camps prepare for such unexpected events? Let us ...