The Coast Guard team aboard Rescue 6553 saved nearly 200 people trapped by the deadly floods in Texas this past week.

Governor Laura Kelly announced on Saturday, July 12, that Kansas deployed Kansas Task Force 1 to assist the State of Texas in areas impacted by flooding from recent heavy rains. According to a press release from the Kansas Governor’s Office,

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.

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.

A group of Wisconsinites and K9 partners are in Texas to assist search, rescue and recovery efforts amidst devastating flooding that has killed over 120 people, with at least 160 people still reported missing.

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.

Linsey Davis reports on the remarkable signs of hope – including the hundreds of animals saved and the volunteers who helped make it happen from the Humane Society of North Texas.

The San Antonio Zoo is stepping up to help with displaced animals in the Texas Hill Country after the deadly Fourth of July floods.