The American Red Cross of Wisconsin is assisting people affected by the flooding in Texas. Rescuers scoured a devastated central Texas landscape of mangled trees, overturned cars and muck-filled debris Saturday in an increasingly bleak mission to locate survivors,

Texas officials say 161 people are still considered missing after devastating July 4 floods. But the count of the missing may not be very precise.

Though Kerrville, a city of 25,000 that has become a hub for search and recovery work along the Guadalupe River, largely escaped the worst of the flood’s damage, some parts of the city were devastated...

The Texas flood smashed through buildings, carried away cars and ripped sturdy trees out by the roots, dropping the debris in twisted piles when the water finally ebbed.