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Here’s how to stay safe before, during and after a flood
If your home or community is at risk of flooding, here are some important steps experts say you can take to stay safe before, ...
The best flood warning systems? Here’s what works to save lives.
River gauges, sirens and clear alerts can together help emergency managers anticipate flash floods and communicate ...
In a flash flood, it's "very difficult to combat nature," rescue experts say
Recent flash flooding in Texas​, New Mexico​ and North Carolina​ is highlighting the extreme danger of these natural ...
FEMA’s response to Texas flood slowed by Noem’s cost controls
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
A flood killed his entire family in 2015. Now he has joined the search in Texas.
Jonathan McComb was the sole family member to survive a Texas flooding in 2015. Now, he's in Kerrville searching for victims ...
Park Cities family who lost child supports neighbors after flood claims six local girls: Grieving together
For Marissa and her husband Michael, the grief is deeply personal. The green ribbons now hang beside the pink ones — placed ...
Mayhem at the River Inn Crossing: A Dark-of-Night Flood Escape
Along the Guadalupe River, a 60-room inn and nearby homes were quickly filling with water. Confusion, desperation and heroism ...
How a confluence of extreme weather, geography and timing created Texas' flood disaster
Texas leads the country in flood deaths. Steep hills, shallow soils and a fault zone have made Hill Country, also called ...