As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort -- a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone ale...

As of July 9, at least 111 people had died, and homes and businesses along the river were washed away in the affected parts of Texas Hill Country, about an hour northwest of San Antonio.

Search teams persisted in sifting through debris in Texas Hill Country on Wednesday as hopes of finding more survivors dimmed five days after flash floods tore through the region, killing at least 110...