Thirty years after a heat wave killed hundreds in Chicago, a sociologist explains how governments deflected blame after ...

Kerr County, where 135 people lost their lives on July 4, had no alert system in place, as taxpayers had refused to fund it. Lawmakers are examining an overhaul of natural disaster management during a ...

The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down ...

After a seven-week breather, Texas lawmakers are back in business and expressing a profound commitment to preventing in the future the horrible loss of life suffered in the Hill Country during July 4 ...

Two weeks after deadly floods swept through Texas, officials dropped the number of still-missing people in the hardest-hit ...

Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, ...

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As I sit down to write this piece, the death toll in Texas has reached 135, with many more than that missing and presumed dead. A national tragedy brought about by biblical-like flooding that took ...

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The number of people missing after the devastating Texas floods on July 4 has dropped from 97 to three in one county, according to officials.

The drowning deaths have occurred as a historic number of flash flood warnings have been issued this year nationwide.

Just before daybreak on July 4, the destructive, fast-moving waters rose 26 feet on the Guadalupe, washing away homes and ...