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The former Administrator of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Dr. Richard Spinrad, says he is “more and more ...
An administrator for the Upper Guadalupe River Authority testified that they had twice applied for funds for an alert system ...
What unfolded at the Texas Capitol in Austin was a marathon joint hearing of the House and Senate committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding filled with emotional exchanges, pointed ...
Lawmakers serving on special committees investigating deadly floods blasted a river authority for failing to build a flood warning system on the Guadalupe River.
Ingram officials have been waiting to hear from Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator after feeling as if they were ...
Texas lawmakers scrutinized the state’s emergency response after a top Republican said the panel had no intention of criticizing or assigning blame for the devastation caused by deadly July 4 floods ...
Lawmakers in Austin held the first of a series of hearings on Wednesday to prevent a disaster like the Hill Country flooding ...
They cited a Houston Chronicle investigation that found UGRA declined to fund the improvements despite having millions of ...
The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict, ...
Communication problems, a lack of qualification standards for emergency management coordinators and other issues have plagued the state long before the July 4 floods, officials told two special ...
More than 100 people were killed in the flooding that overtook the Hill Country and other parts of Central Texas during the ...
During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.