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Multiple fatalities were reported in the wake of a massive deluge in Texas after fast-moving water swept through a children's ...

At least 27 people have died, with 27 children also missing, after horror flooding in Texas swept through a summer camp - the heavy rain was not predicted in weather forecasts ...

This Fourth of July marks the first since Sheriff Oscar Ugarte and Mayor Renard Johnson launched the Safe Streets Operation, ...