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Rescue efforts began Friday, but FEMA did not deploy its network of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday.
A "Basic Plan" for emergency response for three Texas counties labeled flash flooding as having a "major" impact on public ...
More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the ...
The administration supported search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas, after at least 120 people died and dozens ...
A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with ...
A week after catastrophic floods in Central Texas, key questions remain unanswered about how state and local officials ...
Kerr County officials have for years talked about the need for a more robust flash-flood warning system, including sirens that would reach people in places with no cell service. But in the absence of ...
Kerr County’s emergency manager would have been the one to guide a flash flooding procedure and evacuation plan – ideally established ahead of time – that’s designed to maximize lives saved.
In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county’s flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard ...
Even before dozens died in flood waters on July 4, Texas ranked first in the U.S. in number of deaths due to natural ...