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The recent flash floods in central Texas impacted thousands of homes and laid bare the challenges facing local homeowners, ...
As researchers who study disaster planning and recovery at Texas A&M University, we see a clear path forward for Texas after ...
HOUSTON — The Texas Hill Country is still reeling after deadly flooding left behind a trail of destruction and heartbreak.
The Guadalupe River flood was predictable and preventable. Geography, climate change, population growth and federal cuts all ...
One month before the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Black residents across southern Louisiana braced for their first ...
Infrastructure related to flooding and other disasters must be treated as the top priority during the Texas Legislature’s ...
Lawmakers should be holding public hearings now, demanding testimony from local officials, emergency managers and state ...
The Trump administration wants to “rebrand” the agency to emphasize states’ roles in disaster response. But Texas’s history ...
Texas experienced one of the most severe floods in its history. The disaster claimed more than 145 lives and caused damage worth billions of dollars. Many communities were unprepared for the speed and ...
FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.
A next-gen federal database designed to predict extreme rainfall and dangerous flooding may be safe from federal budget cuts ...
Richmond is planning ahead, but the '100 year flood' is becoming inadequate. Now, states need to find funding and rethink how the plan for future severe weather.