The false rumor claimed the girls survived on rainwater alone, using skills from a wilderness safety drill completed days before the floods.

Kerrville's city manager met with the deputy head of mission from the Czech Republic's U.S. embassy Saturday at the local emergency operations center.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - After flash flooding in central Texas killed more than 100 people and left even more missing, an Nebraska animal shelter has stepped up to take in a number of dogs who were also left needing a place to stay.

The last time Lindsey McLeod McCrory saw her daughter Blakely alive, the young girl was heading to camp wearing a simple yet profound necklace – one that would later reconnect Blakely to her mother after she died.

The groups also want lawmakers to examine land-use practices and consider ways to protect natural resources, which they say will in turn help protect lives.