Texas lawmakers say they aren't seeking to assign blame or “armchair quarterback” as they review the catastrophic July 4 ...

Texas lawmakers on Wednesday scrutinized the state's emergency response to the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people after a top Republican said legislators had no intention of criticizing or ...

After flash floods swept through central Texas in July 2025, people online searched for reasons why the disaster was so ...

County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters until ...

Officials balked at the cost for installing a siren warning system and the potential for sirens to blare in the middle of the ...

Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have ...

While sirens can help in areas with shaky cell service, experts say officials also need to consider alert fatigue and provide ...

Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...

In 2021, Kerr County incorporated FEMA's Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) into CodeRED, so that messages ...

Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed ...