Dozens of girls were killed in the July 4 floods at the height of summer camp season. Who should have known better?

Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like the ...

Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the ...

State officials admitted last week during the first committee hearing on the deadly Hill Country floods that first responders ...

Several bills relating to flooding and disaster preparedness are now heading to a Texas Senate Committee.Two bills that ...

Based on all we know now, it is fair to conclude that Camp Mystic’s leadership disastrously underestimated the potential ...

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For those of us in tech, we should remember the importance of using our talent and training not just to streamline corporate ...

Lawmakers serving on special committees investigating deadly floods blasted a river authority for failing to build a flood warning system on the Guadalupe River.

Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ...

Texas ranks as the country’s leader in flood fatalities, and the Hill Country flood of July 2025 ranks among the deadliest in American history, claiming more than 130 lives and with dozens unaccounted ...

At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state’s emergency management ...