The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has a four-pronged recovery plan: rebuilding homes, supporting mental health, economic recovery, and reviving the area’s quality of life.

AUSTIN — Lawmakers in the Texas House advanced a bill Thursday morning requiring youth camps to receive state approval for how they plan to respond to various emergencies, including floods, following the deadly Hill Country floods that took place last month.

Gov. Greg Abbott spoke in Kerrville and helped announce funding to support long-term relief following the July 4 floods. During the conference, the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country announced it would contribute $40 million toward a new housing fund.

"I promised her she would be safe and OK. I told her camp was the safest place she could be and camp was a place she could make new friends and learn new things," said her mother, Carrie Hanna. "She not only wasn't safe. She died." Hanna said she received very poor communication about what had happened to her daughter.

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp in the Texas Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would boost

The dog days of summer are going to get a little hairy for some folks in the Lone Star State starting this weekend. Heavy rain may impact Southeast Texas at times heading into the weekend, while a cold front is anticipated to bring thunderstorms and the threat of flooding to North Texas starting Sunday.

Wednesday's meeting of the Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding is the public hearing for Senate Bill 1, which covers safety for both youth camps and campgrounds. According to the bill's author, it incorporates significant feedback from the families of children lost at Camp Mystic.

The parents of girls who lost their lives at Camp Mystic on July 4 will testify before the Texas Senate Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select Committee in support of Senate Bill 1.

Parents whose children were among 27 killed at Camp Mystic on Texas' Guadalupe River during the Fourth of July flash flooding are scheduled to testify.

An unusually wet summer weather pattern is setting up across San Antonio this week with pockets of heavy rainfall possible.

Families shared stories of grief and heartache, pleading with legislatures to pass a law to ensure Texas camps are better-equipped to respond to emergencies.