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A beloved director of a Texas summer camp for girls. An Alabama elementary student away from home. These are a few of the ...

Destructive flooding triggered by unrelenting rain that rapidly overwhelmed the Guadalupe River has killed at least 81 people ...

Katheryn Eads was among the victims of the tragic flooding. She was a psychology senior lecturer at the University of Texas ...

Camp Mystic is grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors following the catastrophic flooding on the Guadalupe River. Our ...