The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can ...

The Legislature will look at proposals for emergency preparedness in a special session that was already planned over hemp ...

A USTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday for a 30-day special session already planned by ...

The floodwaters that surged through the Texas Hill Country revealed gaps in preparation, communication and oversight that left so many in harm’s way.

As natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and landslides piled up this spring, FEMA accumulated a backlog of disaster ...

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new ...

President Donald Trump visited Texas to assess flood damage as his administration considers significant changes to FEMA.

Texas Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Jasmine Crockett have demanded details and documents from federal agencies tasked with tracking and responding to disasters following the devastating floods ...

Democrats Reps. Greg Stanton (Ariz.) and Gabe Amo (R.I.) on Thursday slammed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) administrator Kristi Noem over the administration’s response to fatal ...

U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Farmers Branch, is pushing the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee to convene an oversight ...

Severe flooding in Central Texas claimed more than 100 lives and left more than 160 missing across the state, officials said.

Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered hard-hit central Texas communities on the fifth day after devastating floods killed more ...