An Illinois rescue team is heading to central Texas to help with search and rescue efforts following devastating flooding.

During Texas's second-worst flood, Matthew Crowder ignored dispatch warnings to save a family. Now the community rallies to help survivors.

Local shelters welcomed 14 cats and dogs that landed at Lancaster Airport Saturday, with more animals arriving on a separate flight Friday.

Hovering above the debris-strewn Guadalupe River, drone pilot Jordy Marks scans the flood-ravaged landscape with a quiet determination. As part of a civilian search and rescue team, Marks is helping guide ground crews to areas still untouched nearly a week after deadly floodwaters swept through Central Texas.

TUCSON, Ariz. — The small business community spirit is what Native Tucsonan Jordan Aspen says brought her to Kerrville, TX. She lived there for nearly three years before the July 4 floods tore through Kerr County and surrounding Hill Country towns.

According to a new report Secretary Noem did not sign off on deploying FEMA’s urban search and rescue team to Texas until this Monday—more than three days after the floods struck. In the meantime, she was on Instagram crowd sourcing opinions about her official portrait.

The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic flooding — because of an $800,000 dispute with the state government.

Rumors about National Weather Service cuts, cloud seeding, rescues and more spread online following the deadly July 2025 floods in central Texas.