When floods hit, getting clear, timely warnings out to people becomes lifesaving, but too often these messages fail. The BBC ...

The sirens can be triggered two ways: When the National Weather Service issues a flash flood warning or when emergency managers manually flip the switch. They don't need a supervisor's approval to ...

State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending flash flooding.

In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to ...

A committee of state lawmakers will meet Thursday in the area hit hardest by the Hill Country floods to search for solutions ...

Volunteers move stuffed animals and other tributes to flooding victims while they secure a newly installed cross across the ...

There appears to be public support as well. A petition calling for flood warning sirens in Kerr County, on the website change.org, had garnered almost 40,000 signatures as of Thursday.

Texas Republicans and Democrats battle over the optics of redistricting vs flood relief as a legislative priority in Austin.

With the quorum broken in the ongoing special session, it remains to be seen when flood-related legislation may be voted on.

Scranton on Wednesday will test two flood-warning sirens along the Lackawanna River: at Shawnee Avenue and Dean Street in the Plot section, and on Middle Street near Barring Avenue and the Scranton… ...

Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began ...