Nearly a decade ago, neighboring counties, Guadalupe and Comal, installed flood sirens. Nearby New Braunfels regularly tests ...

Emergency officials are starting to focus on alert systems as they search for answers about how the flash flooding swept away ...

Texas county commissioners previously suggested "river calling," an informal phone chain used by summer camps, would be ...

State and local officials in Texas have come under scrutiny over the lack of sirens in place to warn people of impending ...

A small Texas town recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster after it recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...

Outdoor weather alert systems are not required by any federal or state law. The choice is left up to local leaders.

Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county ...

A Texas county rejected siren alert systems in the past due to high costs. But after recent flash floods, state and local ...

While many Texas counties have installed outdoor sirens over the years to warn residents of flash floods, Kerr County — no ...

SAN ANTONIO — Five days after the waters of the Guadalupe River rose and overwhelmed much of Kerr Country on July Fourth, ...

Flooding is a fact of life in Texas Hill Country, a region home to a flood-prone corridor known as “Flash Flood Alley.” Judge Rob Kelly, the top elected official in Kerr County, said as much on Sunday ...