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Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began to swell.
Emergency officials are starting to focus on alert systems as they search for answers about how the flash flooding swept away so many.
A college football coach's daughter was tragically among those who lost their life in the Texas floods. Heavy flash flooding hit much of Texas over the past week. Kerr County and the Texas Hill Country were hammered by storms,
A small Texas town that recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster had recently upgraded its emergency alert system — the kind of setup state, county and federal officials
In the wake of the devastating flash floods along the Guadalupe River, green ribbons have become a poignant symbol of support and remembrance for the v
Over just two hours, the Guadalupe River at Comfort, Texas, rose from hip-height to three stories tall, sending water weighing as much as the Empire State building downstream roughly every minute it remained at its crest. The force of floodwater is often more powerful and surprising than people imagine.
Catherine Wendlandt, a freelance writer in Texas who has written stories for Chron, attended Camp Mystic as a camper from 2004 to '13, then served as a counselor from 2014 to '16. Wendlandt shared this tribute to camp counselors,
Alexis Moriarty was driving through Comfort, Texas, when something beneath a bridge caught her eye. That’s when she saw it: a stuffed lamb lying alone in the mud.
More than 170 people are still believed to be missing a week after the forceful floodwater hit over the July Fourth weekend.
The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour aviators.