Officials urge residents to sign up for STAN alerts as hurricane season begins.

Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the flash flooding that killed at least 135 people.

At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state’s emergency management chief said there are no guarantees that local officials are awake when a disaster strikes.

With the heartbreak caused by the Hill Country flood fresh in their minds, Texas lawmakers begin work on flood preparedness Wednesday. The sense of urgency may

The flood disaster that struck Texas over Independence Day weekend was beyond the state’s ability to predict or fully manage, the state emergency management chief told the Legislature on Wednesday. “People are going to ask,

Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says officials owe a thorough investigation ... alarmed over the staff reductions at the National Weather Service and what that could mean for emergency preparedness. In your view, did these cuts play a role in preparations and ...

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Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says affected Texans are owed an investigation into what went wrong with evacuating flooded areas and how it can be prevented from happening again.