Lives could have been saved if the Guadalupe River had a better early warning system, Kerr County officials admitted during a ...

The Texas Legislature is in a special session and discussing proposals to improve disaster preparedness after floods killed ...

Flood relief is one of many items the Texas Legislature is taking up in the 30-day special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott ...

As floodwaters devastated parts of the Hill Country and Concho Valley over the Fourth of July weekend, State Representative Drew Darby is urging state leaders to strengthen Texas’s emergency response ...

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