Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them

HOUSTON — The Texas Hill Country is still reeling after deadly flooding left behind a trail of destruction and heartbreak. Lives were lost and forever changed by a single storm. Scientists are now warning this disaster was made worse by climate change and are sounding the alarm about what it means for the future of Texas.

Lawmakers should be holding public hearings now, demanding testimony from local officials, emergency managers and state agencies about what went wrong and how to fix it.

But as many as 14.6 million properties -- nearly 70% more than are in FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Areas -- may actually be at significant risk of flooding, according to First Street's modeling.

The Guadalupe River flood was predictable and preventable. Geography, climate change, population growth and federal cuts all contributed. But there’s hope.

One month before the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Black residents across southern Louisiana braced for their first tropical disturbance of hurricane season. The storm threatened to bring flash flooding across the coast from Mississippi to the center of Louisiana.

As a climate scientist who calls Texas home, I can tell you that the Hill Country of Texas is no stranger to flooding. Meteorologists often refer to it as “Flash Flood Alley” because of its steep terrain, shallow soils, and its history of sudden and intense rainfall.

Published last week in the journal "Nature Climate Change," the study forecasts increased flood risks in Texas over the next 30 years as a result of climate change and increased development on ...

Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or apartment. Here's how you can learn about your flood risk.

Abbott announced Friday that the state would seek to have Hamilton and Travis counties added to the disaster declaration. The flooding on July 4 in Kerr County has killed 107 people, with 97 missing as of Monday,