Droughts have a similar effect: When soil dries out over long periods, it can become compacted or even crusted over, reducing its ability to absorb water. Severe to extreme preexisting drought ...

According to Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, the county's top elected official, "the public reeled at the cost" of flash flood ...

Central Texas is infamous for its flash flooding and arid soil, hard-packed ground into which water does not easily ...

At least 120 people have been found dead since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes and youth camps ...

Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to central Texas on Friday to survey damage from the July 4 flash flood that killed at ...

President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, are expected to visit flood-ravaged areas of Central Texas on Friday to ...

Jane Towler was up late in a small cabin along the Guadalupe River as thunder boomed through a thrashing rain. It was 4 a.m. and water ...

As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of ...

Stacy Stevens, whose daughter Mary Barrett Stevens was among the 27 killed when tragedy struck the all-girls Christian camp on July 4, said the youngster’s beloved brown monkey was swept away in the ...

Nearly one week after historic flash floods devastated Texas Hill Country, a San Diego-based nonprofit is helping bring comfort to those affected by the tragedy.