A majority of Americans, 52%, believe that the Texas flood deaths could have been avoided if government had been better prepared, according to a new poll.

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.

A majority of Americans, 52%, believe that the Texas flood deaths could have been avoided if government had been better prepared, according to a new poll.

Texas has so many deaths because of its geography, population and size, experts say. The area where the most recent deadly floods struck is known as flash flood alley because of hills and valleys.

By SETH BORENSTEIN Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into… ...

Search crews continued the grueling task of recovering the missing as more potential flash flooding threatened Texas Hill Country.

Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel ...