River gauges, sirens and clear alerts can together help emergency managers anticipate flash floods and communicate life-saving information.

Starting Aug. 1, 2025, watch for the new Base Flash Flood Warnings. The alerts won't appear on phones, but will come through ...

The National Weather Service issues several types of flood-related warnings. A flash flood emergency is issued in very rare situations when there is a severe threat to human life and catastrophic ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows have assembled a select committee to take up a warning system after the ...

Texas lawmakers are back in Austin for a 30-day special session to address several agenda items, including a flood warning ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for special session to improve flood warning systems after Hill Country floods killed over 100 people and left nearly 200 missing on Independence Day.

In the wake of the deadly flash floods in Texas, state leaders are exploring whether to install more flood warning sirens. Such sirens can save lives if they're part of a larger warning system.

Nearly 40,000 people have signed a petition "urgently" calling for officials to create an early warning siren system for the flood-ravaged Texas hill country.. The Change.org petition, created by ...

After a record-breaking 2008 flood, the state legislature set aside about $1.2 million a year for the University of Iowa to develop a statewide flood monitoring system.