News

This Texas county asked for disaster resilience help. The flood came first.
Flooding is a fact of life in Texas Hill Country, a region home to a flood-prone corridor known as “Flash Flood Alley.” Judge ...
Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before deadly flood
The Associated Press has assembled an approximate timeline of the 48 hours before, during and after the deadly flash flood, ...
Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood
In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions ...
Kerr County plan labeled flash flooding 'highly likely' with 'major' impact on public safety
A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public safety, according to a page on a city website.
Searchers in helicopters and on horseback scour Texas flood debris for the missing
The search is continuing for more than 160 people believed to be missing in Texas days after a destructive wall of water ...
When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick now says state could do it.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Monday that the state of Texas could pay for storm sirens along the Guadalupe River.
Kerr County lacked ‘last mile’ warning to get NWS alerts to residents before Texas flash floods
Kerr County, Texas, lacked a “last mile” warning mechanism that could have saved residents before the deadly floods ...
Hope of finding Texas flood survivors dims as search efforts go on
Hope of finding survivors of the catastrophic flooding in Texas is dimming a day after the death toll surpassed 100.