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Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly ...

Some risk is 'inevitable,' safety experts say — but there are procedures and standards Canadian parents should be aware of if they're worried about camp safety.

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

"And our cabins are high up, and for them to be flooding, it's like, you know, something's wrong," Georgia Jones said.

The 54-year-old lawmaker was pictured at the Parthenon in Athens on Saturday alongside his family after deadly flooding ...

A Houston family speaks out, sharing photos of their young daughter who they lost in the floods at Camp Mystic ...

At least 161 people were missing from Kerr County alone, officials said. Several children were among the missing.

Riding on horseback through brush and over numerous dead turkeys, Margo Mellon spent Tuesday scanning the flood-ravaged ...