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Crews are using backhoes and their bare hands to dig through piles of debris that stretch for miles in the search for more ...

Some risk is 'inevitable,' safety experts say — but there are procedures and standards Canadian parents should be aware of if they're worried about camp safety.

Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly ...

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 160 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search ...

Brooklyn and Bailey MckNight's little sister, Paisley, was at a camp on a smaller arm of the Guadalupe River. The 14-year-old ...

Our precious angel baby has entered the gates of Heaven,” the parents of 8-year-old camper Mary Kate Jacobe said.

When tragedies are in the news — natural disasters, plane crashes, fires — parents naturally and unavoidably react by ...

Along the Guadalupe River, a 60-room inn and nearby homes were quickly filling with water. Confusion, desperation and heroism ...