Next Generation 911 infrastructure will allow residents to send pictures and video to dispatch. The new technology also ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Ideally, you’d have weeks or days to prepare for an extreme weather. But the reality is, especially with ...

Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are very localized, even neighborhood-level warnings may seem like false alarms to ...

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

Kerr County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters ...

Schumer said the vital import of the work the weather service does, especially considering the devastating flooding in Texas, ...

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Flash floods are increasing in frequency, severity and impact. The Canadian government needs to learn from the Texas tragedy ...

State and local officials said they did their best to coordinate evacuations and rescues, but better cellphone service might ...

The federal government pulled the plug on a FEMA grant that would’ve helped the City of Norman pay for a potentially life-saving flood warning system, just months before deadly flash flooding ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people ...

The questions about a flood warning system before the deadly Central Texas floods continue. Some are shining the spotlight on ...