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Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Committee meets for the first time, hearing from state officials
In response to the deadly floods in the Hill Country, lawmakers from both the House and Senate formed the Disaster ...
What’s on the table as Texas scrambles to prevent future floods
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers are back in Austin for a special session, and they have just 30 days to tackle a list of ...
Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says
Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...
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Redistricting, flood preparedness to take center stage as Texas Legislature’s special session begins
The Texas Capitol is buzzing as the legislative special session officially begins. Lawmakers were called back to Austin on ...
Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding
Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a ...
City Officials: SAFD Radios Not to Blame in Flood Response Communication Issues
Kidd responded by explaining that, at the state level, his team acts as the “alarm bell” when receiving information from the ...
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Texas Emergency Management Chief Raises Disaster Communication Concerns with State Lawmakers
At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state’s emergency management ...
Texas wasn't ready for flooding. Now Virginia Hollis, 8, is dead. | Opinion
Scrimping on flood protection may have saved taxpayers money. But the Hill Country floods on July 4 cost 137 people -- ...
This 1976 Colorado flood is the lesson Texas failed to learn
In 1976, a flood killed 144 people in Big Thompson Canyon in Colorado. The similarities to this month’s flood in central ...