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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — As the floodwaters began to recede from Camp Mystic, a torrent of grief remained as the identities of some of the campers who died in the flash floods began to emerge on Saturday.

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend's house along the Guadalupe River. Nothing in the forecast alarmed him.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Incredible amounts of moisture in the air fueled a storm that moved slowly and dumped rain over central Texas, creating conditions for fatal flash floods in the early morning hours when it was easy to catch people by surprise, meteo

The monstrous, swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of Texas on Friday, killing at least 32 people and leaving many more missing, was a flash flood, the nation's top storm-related killer.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey sent two firefighting aircraft Saturday to help battle wildfires in neighboring Syria as Turkish firefighters battled a blaze on their side of the border and one person was reported dead in the country's west.

YELLOWKNIFE — Canada's environment ministers have endorsed stronger air quality standards for fine particulate matter, while acknowledging the struggles caused by wildfires that can blanket the country in smoke advisories.

OTTAWA — The federal minister of Indigenous services says her government plans to reintroduce legislation to ensure First Nations' rights to clean drinking water — despite calls from Alberta and Ontario for it to scrap the bill altogether.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sprawling tax and policy bill that passed Congress repeals a multibillion-dollar green bank for financing climate-friendly projects, and the Trump administration should be allowed to freeze its funding and cancel related contrac

COCHRANE — The federal natural resources minister has announced $21.5 million in funding for five Alberta projects that aim to lower the cost of capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions.

Police say they are looking for a potential witness as they continue to investigate a suspected animal attack in eastern Ontario that left a young child with serious injuries.