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The governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods.

Climate change was likely a factor in the flood that devastated the Texas Hill Country.

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm's way before a flash ...

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel exteme downpours like those ...

As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and ...

Even with advances in technology, it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly where and when some of the most severe weather will ...

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer highlighted recent job growth and efforts to boost manufacturing during the July Cabinet meeting. She emphasized new deregulatory measures and praised a recently passed ...

But while Americans largely believed the federal government should play a major role in preparing for and responding to ...

A judge has sentenced former NBA guard Ben McLemore to 100 months in Oregon state prison on Wednesday, a week after he was ...

Halifax County in Virginia experienced flooded roads as the plume of heaviest rain in central North Carolina edged over the state line on Sunday.