The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly floodwaters.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer and graduate of Rider University, is credited with saving ...

A US coast guard is being praised as a hero after he helped save 165 people from the Texas flood in his first-ever rescue ...

Flash flooding in central Texas on July 4 has claimed at least 87 lives, including 27 children and counselors from ...

The operation in a neighborhood with a large immigrant population includes 17 Humvees, four tactical vehicles, two ambulances ...

A rare ecosystem is hidden within Virginia Beach, creating a region of beaches, swamps, lagoons, and hiking trails that ...

A heroic coast guard who helped to save nearly 200 children from Camp Mystic in Texas shares more about the rescue effort ...

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With seven of its ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials must find new ways to clean up ...