Texas, flooding
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The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The state has awarded around $660 million since the plan was published, with a special legislative session coming.
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and others rose rapidly.
Meteorologists say the Texas Hill Country is frequently hit with floods, although some officials and residents were caught off guard by the catastrophic storms, which killed more than 100 people over the holiday weekend.
A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.
Flash floods are increasing in frequency, severity and impact. The Canadian government needs to learn from the Texas tragedy and co-ordinate weather information and warning systems.
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
Leave it to government to make things as clear as the mud flowing in Texas’s Guadalupe River. I heard a reporter this week on CBS say the July
In response to the catastrophic flooding across Central Texas, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins continues to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) activation of comprehensi
At least 134 people, including 37 children, died in the torrential downpour. Many still remain missing in the hardest-hit county.
Amid the tragedy of recent flash floods in central Texas, conspiracy theories about "cloud seeding" practices have gained traction on social media, fueled by prominent U.S. political figures.