Hovering above the debris-strewn Guadalupe River, drone pilot Jordy Marks scans the flood-ravaged landscape with a quiet determination. As part of a civilian search and rescue team, Marks is helping guide ground crews to areas still untouched nearly a week after deadly floodwaters swept through Central Texas.

According to a new report Secretary Noem did not sign off on deploying FEMA’s urban search and rescue team to Texas until this Monday—more than three days after the floods struck. In the meantime, she was on Instagram crowd sourcing opinions about her official portrait.

Volunteers combing through debris piles from the devastating Central Texas flooding had to sniff out decaying bodies in the “chaotic” initial days of the search-and-rescue efforts.

A devastating crash on Interstate 25 has left one woman fighting for her life and grieving the loss of her husband.

First responders and volunteers continue to search for missing loved ones after the devastating Hill Country floods.

On the one-year anniversary marking the passing of Christie Williams' dog, she decided to volunteer in his honor to give a canine from animal control a "freedom ride" to whichever rescue agreed to take them. But when she arrived and met Sarah, a blue nose pit bull, there was an instant connection.

Humanitarian efforts to transport young refugees to safety during World War II faced bureaucratic and political hurdles. Many were left behind.

Emergency crews on the beach are preparing to transition from walkie-talkies to iPads that will let them receive potentially life-saving information on a missing person instantly.

Firefighters rescued dozens of people from a mixed commercial and residential high rise in Chile’s capital Thursday, plucking some from windows and balconies with ladder trucks and others from the roof by helicopter after a fire started in the building’s basement.