It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role.

A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in Texas emergency warning systems, experts and the ...

Two massive disasters this year are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

Many have decried Kerr County's lack of sirens on the Guadalupe River. Officials in counties that have the systems say they ...

Ms. McKay is a war and humanitarian-focused international correspondent and author of 'Only Cry for the Living: Memos from ...

At least 135 people, including 37 children, died in the torrential downpour over the July 4 holiday weekend. The number of missing people dropped sharply on Saturday.

A San Antonio woman is taking matters into her own hands, after watching the tragedy in the Hill Country unfold, saying no ...

“If you’ve never seen water rise in front of you in minutes, it’s hard to conceive of how quickly that can happen—and how ...

The floodwaters that surged through the Texas Hill Country revealed gaps in preparation, communication and oversight that ...

Infrastructure related to flooding and other disasters must be treated as the top priority during the Texas Legislature’s ...

Considering the recent flood emergency in Kerr County, Texas, which reportedly had no alert sirens in use, the question came ...