A 65-year-old man died after historic Texas Hill Country flash flooding triggered rescues and evacuations across Kerr, Uvalde, and Kendall counties following more than 28 inches of rain.
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Catastrophic flash flooding across the Texas Hill Country has left two people dead, Gov. Abbott reported Thursday.
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A 65-year-old man died after historic Texas Hill Country flash flooding triggered rescues and evacuations across Kerr, Uvalde, and Kendall counties following more than 28 inches of rain.
Jayla Forbes announced her commitment to Texas on Thursday, becoming the first five-star recruit for Vic Schaefer's class of 2027.
Newly installed flood warning systems were put to the test Thursday morning as historic rainfall hit the same Hill Country areas where more than 100 died in the July 4 floods a year ago.
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Amid severe flooding, KXAN visited the Hill Country Thursday to speak with summer camp operators about how the weather has affected their operations.
Texas Game Wardens and the Texas Department of Public Safety teamed up to rescue people from flood waters in Uvalde County Thursday morning.
AT&T has deployed emergency communications teams and equipment to central and south Texas as flooding continues to impact communities, according to a release.
Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief plans to send about 15 volunteers and four trucks to Uvalde on Friday to support a Salvation Army mass feeding operation.
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An affidavit claims bags with a “white-crystal like substance" are inside the van targeted in the fatal Houston ICE-involved shooting.
A report to San Marcos Animal Services said a fox with rabies attacked a stray cat on July 11 in Willow Creek Estates, according to a release.
More than two feet of rain has fallen in some parts of Central Texas over the past four days.
AUSTIN (Nexstar) – The Kerr County area was hit with approximately a foot of rain from Wednesday night into Thursday morning leading to a Flash Flood Emergency from the National Weather Service. State Representative Wes Virdell, R– Brady, spoke to KXAN on Thursday morning about how the county is ...
The moving company said in a press release Thursday that two U-Haul companies are making 17 centers available to provide 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box container use to people impacted by severe storms, flash flooding, and tornado damage this week.
Kerr County has opened three different shelters for people who are displaced from their homes as severe weather moves through the Hill Country.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott shared updates on the state's response to flooding across Texas.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is expected to share updates on the state's response to flooding across Texas, his office announced in a press release.
Two families are suing a North Dakota hospital, alleging hospital staff mistakenly switched two baby boys at birth more than 36 years ago.
On Thursday, first responders pulled off a water rescue on the Guadalupe River near Center Point as heavy rain created a Flash Flooding Emergency in several Central Texas counties.
In a release, APA! said as of 10 a.m. Thursday, more than 104 pets from affected areas are on their way to the rescue: 54 dogs and 50 cats.
The presence of carbon monoxide was confirmed in a parked vehicle in Toledo, Ohio, where five people were found unresponsive and three of them died Wednesday in what an official described as an accident.
There is a boil water notice for the city of Blanco, the Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Thursday. Water should be brought to a "vigorous" rolling boil and stay there for two minutes, officials advised.
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President Trump’s return to a U.S. military blockade on Iranian ports this week marked another dead end in his bid to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The restart of the blockade — which first began in mid-April and held until last month, when a tenuous deal to begin peace negotiations between ...
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The Texas A&M Forest Service purchased two helicopters as a start to its state-managed aircraft fleet. The helicopters are SUBARU Bell 412EPX, a 56-foot aircraft mainly used internationally for public safety missions like search and rescues and aerial firefighting.
The Pedernales and Llano rivers are brimming with massive amounts of water Thursday, as heavy rain continues for a second day across Central Texas.
Severe weather across Central and Southwest Texas has caused life-threatening flash flooding, especially near Texas rivers. Below are photos of rivers before and after the July 2026 floods.
The U.S. Navy is investigating after a Blue Angels jet conducting a flyover above Pensacola Beach in Florida, Wednesday, flew close to the beach crowded with beach-goers.
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico challenged Republican nominee Ken Paxton to participate in three televised debates, saying voters deserve to hear the candidates answer questions directly ahead of November's election.
Ryan Logue started volunteering with the Cajun Navy last year when deadly floods hit his hometown of Kerrville. Early Thursday morning, he woke up to another major flash flood, something he said is one of the hardest things he's seen in a long time.
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Additional shelters have opened in Uvalde due to widespread flooding and rising water levels on the Leona, Nueces and Frio Rivers.
Life-threatening floods continue across Texas on Thursday, July 16.
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