Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to hold a news briefing on Thursday afternoon to update the state’s continued response to ...

State Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin filed the first flood related legislation Wednesday ahead of next week’s special session, proposing changes to emergency warning systems operated by ...

Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows announced appointments to the House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, including representative Darby being appointed.

The committees will be looking at warning systems, emergency communications, relief funding for the Hill Country floods, and overall natural disaster preparation.

Austin has dozens of low-water crossings that can flood during heavy rains. But money is tight and the city is only able to ...

Hundreds of acres of roofs and parking lots will prevent the land from soaking up rainwater, writes hydrology professor. DEIS ...

Three Democratic lawmakers have proposed legislation to classify extreme heat as a disaster, which would allow federal ...

Camp leader may not have seen urgent alert before deadly Texas flood, family says - The new account by the family comes as ...

The tragic loss in the Texas floods was preventable, but the National Weather Service and other key emergency agencies had their funding cut.

Twenty Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency over the cancellation of a disaster mitigation grant program ...

Sadly, we again hear of another tragedy with the catastrophic floods in the Texas Hill Country. “I was feeling despair thinking about yet another sad headline,” says Pam Lewis, President and CEO of ...

Amid increasingly frequent natural disasters, several states have turned to registries to prioritize help for vulnerable ...