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The high casualty rate, among the deadliest of US floods in decades, raises questions about the lack of early warning sirens.
I can't see anything we did wrong,” David Richardson told a panel of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state’s emergency management ...
State lawmakers got their first chance to ask questions to the top of Texas’ emergency response about the floods at the ...
The first Texas Legislature hearing began with a somber prayer and promise not to play a blame game. But Chief Nim Kidd ...
During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.
Federal Emergency Management Agency acting leader David Richardson defended the federal government’s response to flooding in Texas earlier this month.
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 ...
AUSTIN, Texas - With the heartbreak caused by the Hill Country flood fresh in their minds, Texas lawmakers begin work on ...
HUNT, Texas (AP) — More than 160 people are still believed to be missing in Texas days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth weekend, the state’s governor said ...
Texas Democrat Rep. Joaquin Castro said he has seen “conflicting reports” on whether the Trump administration’s cuts to the nation’s weather and climate research agencies have imp… ...