Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic consequences. In Texas and elsewhere, the solution is more wide-ranging than fixing any single channel of communication.

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

A powerful southwest monsoon system, combined with a westerly wave, has triggered widespread flood alerts across Pakistan from July 19 to 25. The National Emergencies Operation Center (NEOC) has warned of flash floods,

The National Weather Service issued a Flood Warning through 11:30 p.m. for D.C., central Maryland, including Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, and northern Virginia’s Fairfax County.

On Friday, 17 million people are under flood alerts across the Gulf Coast and in the mid-Atlantic, and 19 million are under heat alerts across the mid-Atlantic, southern Florida and Mississippi Valley.

This is thanks to a slow moving, stubborn frontal system which will bring rounds of heavy rain and storms. Spotty downpours are possible Sunday morning as a cold front stalls out overhead. Most of those will just bring heavy rain or a strike of lightning or two.

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

Danger and health hazards don’t end with receding flood waters, in fact that’s where some of the worst dangers begin. But know there is help and guidance to cope with the calamity facing flood victims.