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At least 24 people killed in Texas flooding; two dozen girls missing from camp

24 dead in Texas floodingKTLA 5 video / The sheriff of Kerr County, Texas, said Friday night that at least two dozen people had been killed by flash flooding and a similar number of young campers remained unaccounted for after torrential rains rapidly pushed the Guadalupe River over its banks. 

At least 51 dead, 27 campers still missing in Texas floods

Deadly Texas floodingCNN video / July 6, 2025 / At least 51 people, including 15 children, have died in the flooding, according to local officials. Search and rescue teams are still racing to find 27 children missing from Camp Mystic, a girls’ summer camp near the Guadalupe River, which surged over its banks after torrential rain fell across the Texas Hill Country.

Pierson brothers killed in car vs. train crash at a RR crossing attempting to drive around lowered crossing barriers while the warning lights were flashing

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PIERSON, Fla. -- Two brothers were killed when a train struck their vehicle at a railroad crossing at the intersection of West Washington Avenue and North Volusia Avenue (also known as County Road 3).

Home intruder shot by victim’s family member in St. Cloud; then arrested by OCSO deputies
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ST. CLOUD, Fla. -- Deputies responded the evening of July 4th to a house off Deer Run Road about a residential burglary where a prowler was shot.

Volusia deputies, Daytona Beach cops shoot & kill knife-wielding man who stabbed several people over the weekend in Derbyshire residence

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia sheriff’s deputies and police searching for victims of a multiple stabbing Saturday night in Daytona Beach were forced to fatally shoot the suspect after he burst through a door and charged at them with a knife, a spokesman for Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a press release.

110 dead, more than 170 still missing after catastrophic flooding in Texas

Texas flooding updateABC7 video / July 9, 2025 / More than 170 people are believed to be missing in Texas in the aftermath of the flash floods that killed at least 110 over the July Fourth weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday. Abbot said many of those who are not accounted for were staying in the state's Hill Country but did not register at a camp or hotel.