Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding December 3, 2025 By Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders...
West Texas County Struggles to Secure Funding for Flood Prevention November 26, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune When it rains here, West Texans brace for the worst. With nowhere to go, water collects across sidewalks, roads and...
Central Texas Floods Reveal Need to Improve Disaster Response in Unincorporated Areas September 30, 2025 By Laura Mallonee, Grist Rain was already coursing through the usually dry creek near Abraham Stallins’ home in the Texas Hill Country when a...
New Texas Laws Ban Youth Cabins in Floodways, Require Camp Safety Plans September 8, 2025 By Sean Murphy In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill...
Texas Senate Passes Bills Aimed at Improving Flood Safety August 19, 2025 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov....
Texas House Members Discuss Flood-Related Bills Despite Standstill August 6, 2025 By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune Texas House members on a special committee for disaster preparedness met Tuesday to discuss for the first time specific bills...
Deadly History of Flooding in ‘Flash Flood Alley’ Along Guadalupe River July 10, 2025 By Michael Phillis and Melina Walling Cindy Manley was a summer camp counselor in 1987 when a different devastating flood scarred the Texas Hill Country. The...
Virginia Sends Swift Water Rescue Teams to Help Texas Flood Recovery Efforts July 8, 2025 In response to the catastrophic flooding impacting portions of Texas, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the deployment on Monday of...
Millions of Texans Live in Counties Without Hazard Mitigation Plan June 28, 2024 By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune LUFKIN — More than 100 Texas counties do not have a hazard mitigation plan, federal data shows, cutting off access...
More Than 5 Million Texans Live in Flood-Prone Areas According to State Flood Plan May 29, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible...