The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.

Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and ...

Kerr County officials testified before state lawmakers on Thursday, July 31, during a public hearing on disaster preparedness ...

Local officials and people directly impacted by the deadly flooding in early July asked lawmakers to make improvements to the state’s disaster response efforts ...

The city of Arlington said the funding is used to help manage public safety at major events like Cowboys games and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Thomas said that after working a full day on July 2, he went home sick. He said at the time, no concerns had been raised about an elevated weather condition, ...

The Kerr County emergency management director conceded he was sick and asleep as the water rose to historic levels on the ...

Thursday was the second public hearing for the Texas House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, local leaders and law enforcement answered questions ...

Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

Kerr County officials were sharply confronted during the committee hearing in Kerrville, Texas, about their disaster ...

Their statements to state legislators marked the first time county officials have spoken publicly about what they were doing the morning of the disaster.