For many families, the most serious warnings about the deadly and raging torrent in Texas Hill Country last week came too late. Many were asleep. Others, in a ...

It was Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard on the Fourth of July along the Guadalupe River.

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard are sharing powerful stories from recent flood rescues in Central Texas. One rescuer recalled ...

Coast Guard officers heroically rescued nearly 200 people during the Texas Hill Country floods.

We are hearing from a Coast Guard crew that has been working tirelessly to save lives in Kerr County. They were honored on ...

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President Trump has not talked about eliminating FEMA as the emergency response agency helps with recovery efforts from the ...

As towns were submerged in rising waters, FEMA officials realized they couldn’t pre-position Urban Search and Rescue crews.

The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour ...

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office charged 63-year-old Floyd Dean Devasier of Katy, Texas on Thursday for stealing a rental boat from a Stock Island marina and taking it to Cuba. Devasier rented the ...

Search and rescue operations remain underway in Central Texas following the devastating floods over the Fourth of July ...

Their vehicle for the mission was the Coast Guard’s iconic MH-65E Dolphin helicopter. It’s powered by two Turbomeca Arriel ...