Texas Emergency Management Chief Raises Disaster Communication Concerns with State Lawmakers At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the state ...

Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd (left) has urged the state to improve warning systems. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images ...

Rep. Don McLaughlin, R-Uvalde, has proposed House Bill 108. It would require the Texas Division of Emergency Management to oversee the creation of a “flooding disaster guide” that would ...

The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management (ADEM) has sent a specialized two-person team to help at the State Emergency Operations Center in Austin.

The county’s emergency operations center wasn’t up and running at around 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. when the most intense flooding started, Leitha said.

As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...