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 ...

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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 first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of natural disasters like hurricanes and floods. Human actions, such as coastal development, can exacerbate the impact of natural disasters.

By Sunita SohrabjiAmerican Community Media The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s uneven response to the Texas floods — ...