All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people were absent from an emergency briefing call held before the tragedy unfolded, ...

Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that caused widespread destruction and killed more than 130 people.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced legislation aiming to “modernize weather radio emergency alerts” following the deadly floods in Texas’ Hill Country.

Volunteers move stuffed animals and other tributes to flooding victims while they secure a newly installed cross across the ...

The top two emergency management officials in Kerr County told lawmakers Thursday that they were asleep in the early morning hours of July 4 when floodwaters rose.