Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent ...

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

From 1959 to 2019, 1,069 people died in Texas in flooding, which is nearly one-fifth of the total 5,724 flood fatalities in the Lower 48 states in that time, according to a 2021 study in the journal ...

The official tally of storm-related deaths across Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet another round of ...

At least 135 people have been killed in "catastrophic" flash flooding across Texas, while several others remain missing.

The July 4 Texas Hill Country flash flooding event is the latest to hit the region known as “Flash Flood Alley,” as Texas ...

In the survey — which sampled 1,680 U.S. adults — 52% of respondents said that most of the deaths could have been prevented if the government had been more adequately prepared. Twenty-nine percent ...

The deaths of children at Camp Mystic show a heartbreaking failure of local, state and federal government to invest in people, prepare for disasters.

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

More than half of Americans in a new poll said the government could have prevented the deaths due to the recent destructive flooding in Texas. When asked in the poll from The Economist/YouGov if ...

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019. Experts say Texas' geography, including hills and ...

The Economist/YouGov poll surveyed nearly 1,680 U.S. adults this week, and 52% blamed lack of government preparation for most ...