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“My hope is that these common sense reforms would help prevent confusion during floods and ensure every camper has the tools ...

At a packed hearing in Kerrville, Texas, families demand answers after learning the emergency manager was asleep during the ...

The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible ...

Hill Country leaders and residents urge lawmakers for better flood warning systems after losing 108 lives, including 37 children, in a July Fourth tragedy.

There was a hearing yesterday in Kerr County, Texas as desperate residents demanded to know where the help was after the devastating floods. Via the New York Times: As soon as the raging waters ...

All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, ...

Volunteers move stuffed animals and other tributes to flooding victims while they secure a newly installed cross across the ...

To those who ask, ‘What would you have done differently?’ The honest answer is that based on the data we had at the time, there was no clear indicator that a catastrophic flood was imminent,” William ...

Flood relief is one of many items the Texas Legislature is taking up in the 30-day special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott.

Two Sheboygan firefighters spent two weeks in Texas with Wisconsin's Task Force 1, conducting water search and rescue operations after devastating floods.

Thursday was the second public hearing for the Texas House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, local leaders and law enforcement answered questions ...