This year’s Fourth of July was the first time that the town of Comfort, Texas, used the sirens intended to warn its roughly 2,000 residents of imminent flooding. Founded by German abolitionists in ...

The town was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt ...

The Kerr County Commissioners Court discussed installing early warning sirens as early as 2015, after a deadly flood on ...

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

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

Wimberley, Texas, was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town ...

A heartbreaking tragedy struck the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July holiday. In the early morning hours, ...

On July 4, a horrific flash flood occurred in central Texas, mainly impacting Kerr County. The heavy rain started at about 3 a.m., resulting in rainwater surging down mountain slopes, causing the ...

Texas officials and Hill Country leaders knew the risks of flooding along the Guadalupe. Warnings went unheeded, flood warnings, river gauges and sirens unfunded - and more than 130 Texans died.

Wimberley, Texas, was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Ten years later, the city has rebuilt with such floods in mind, but still feels the effects emotionally.

A crisis communication expert says everyday notifications are weakening the impact of life-saving emergency alerts.