Commerce Department Acting Inspector General Duane Townsend told lawmakers this week his office will evaluate the National Weather Service's actions around the catastrophic flooding in Texas Hill ...

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question ...

As Texas state leaders have prioritized spending on border security and property tax cuts, they have been far more reluctant ...

The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The ...

With hurricane and wildfire season well underway across much of the country, state and local emergency managers say they have ...

The first bills related to revamping disaster preparedness in the aftermath of the deadly flooding have been filed.

As communities across Central Texas reel from the deadly floods that devastated Kerrville and surrounding Hill Country towns, ...

Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...

The Kansas State Fire Marshal’s (KSFM) office is sharing an update on Kansas Task Force 1 that was deployed to help with ...

The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek ...

In the early days of July, pieces of weather systems were converging to create a disaster over Texas Hill Country that would ...