Texas legislators on Wednesday lambasted a local river authority for a decision last year not to move ahead with pursuing a ...

During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.

Communication problems, a lack of qualification standards for emergency management coordinators and other issues have plagued the state long before the July 4 floods, officials told two special ...

Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority ...

Texas lawmakers say they aren't seeking to assign blame or “armchair quarterback” as they review the catastrophic July 4 ...

After flash floods swept through central Texas in July 2025, people online searched for reasons why the disaster was so ...

County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters until ...

Officials balked at the cost for installing a siren warning system and the potential for sirens to blare in the middle of the ...

Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have ...

While sirens can help in areas with shaky cell service, experts say officials also need to consider alert fatigue and provide ...