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The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people ...
A panel of Texas House and Senate lawmakers are holding a joint meeting today where they’re discussing the state’s response to the devastating July 4 flash flooding that left more than 130 dead.
Cross-department alignment, community engagement and data are essential for preparing communities to weather climate crises, ...
FEMA is still paying Florida claims on 2024 storms amid debate about whether the federal agency should continue to exist.
The extreme costs and death toll of recent floodings across Texas, New Mexico, and the Northeast have put into question the ...
Amid worsening flooding and recurring natural calamities, three senators on Tuesday pushed for a stronger, more coordinated ...
The deaths in the Texas Hill Country are a tragic testament to the force of a raging river. Flood-stricken Vermont has a ...
As researchers who study disaster planning and recovery at Texas A&M University, we see a clear path forward for Texas after ...
Sources have said FEMA wasn’t authorized to launch search and rescue teams until 72 hours after flooding began.
More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the effects of the deadly disaster could have been mitigated.
In 2016, then Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser tried to install an emergency siren system. He was motivated, he says, by the devastating floods in Wimberley, TX, in 2015.
More than 160 people still are believed to be missing, and at least 118 have died in the floods that laid waste to the Hill Country region of Texas. The large number of missing people suggests ...