It's one of many troubling questions being asked about the Hill Country flooding disaster: why didn't local officials send ...

The man who said he helped Kerr County implement an emergency alert system in his former role there as information technology ...

Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are very localized, even neighborhood-level warnings may seem like false alarms to ...

Accurate weather warnings are useless if they don’t reach residents in time. Take these steps to avoid mistakes that may have ...

County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters until two days after the deadly flood, according to Federal Emergency ...

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

County leaders emphasized the importance of the test, reminding residents that it is not an emergency situation ... 27 ...