During a lengthy hearing Wednesday, testimony highlighted problems with early warning systems, first responder communications and local emergency management.

Communication problems, a lack of qualification standards for emergency management coordinators and other issues have plagued the state long before the July 4 floods, officials told two special ...

Texas lawmakers on Wednesday scrutinized the state's emergency response to the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people ...

Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority ...

Republican state lawmakers say considering redistricting is fulfilling their constitutional obligation because Gov. Greg ...

Kerr County requested a flood warning system grant in 2016 through the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s hazard mitigation program, which is supported by Federal Emergency Management ...

Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

NPR speaks with former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser about abandoned plans for a warning system in the part of central Texas that has now been devastated by floods. Moser pushed for the system.