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Chief Ken Pagurek plans to return to the Philadelphia Fire Department after he reportedly said he was frustrated with FEMA's flood response in Texas.
Climate change has made extreme rainfall more common and more intense. But many flood risk maps have yet to catch up.
A bill Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed in 2019 could have increased participation in Texas emergency warning systems, experts and the ...
The Houston Office of Emergency Management is hoping their alert system will be appealing to the public by only sending you ...
Considering the recent flood emergency in Kerr County, Texas, which reportedly had no alert sirens in use, the question came ...
As local flood victims wait for movement from Washington, D.C., on federal assistance, Delegate Shawn Fluharty faults the West Virginia Legislature for not being proactive and establishing a flood ...
“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 ...
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, ...
This sort of flash flooding might just be the new normal, if you can use such a term to describe the phase we’re experiencing ...
A crisis communication expert says everyday notifications are weakening the impact of life-saving emergency alerts.
As local flood victims wait for movement from Washington, D.C., on federal assistance, Delegate Shawn Fluharty faults the West Virginia Legislature for not being proactive and establishing a flood ...
The first bills related to revamping disaster preparedness in the aftermath of the deadly flooding have been filed.