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UT-Arlington partners with Rice University to develop a faster, more predictive flood warning system to enhance safety in flood-prone areas.
Recovery teams like the United Cajun Navy descended on Texas' Guadalupe River in the wake of the 2025 floods to search for victims.
The $4 million system could provide up to several hours of advance warning, giving residents more time to evacuate before floodwaters become dangerous.
A $1.2 million grant from the Texas Water Development Board will be allocated to help communities in Cameron County better prepare for floods and improve
The agency’s top official told lawmakers that the “vast majority” of calls were answered. New data indicates most people couldn’t get through.
The Texas Department of State Health Services is lifting a new requirement for youth camps to install "end-to-end fiber optic facilities" in order to allow them to operate this summer, following a lawsuit from 19 camps that called the measure too challenging.
A weather pattern that has resulted in dangerous storms in parts of Texas this week will continue through at least Saturday.
Texas lifts safety rule enacted after deadly flood, clearing the way for some summer camps to reopen
The Texas Department of State Health Services is lifting a new requirement for youth camps to install “end-to-end fiber optic facilities” in order to allow them to operate this summer, following a lawsuit from 19 camps that called the measure too challenging.
Dozens of bills were rejected over nearly 60 years, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. The most consequential measures could have saved lives by prohibiting youth camps and new construction in areas at high risk for flooding.
Two of Texas' top lawmakers support lifting a new state requirement that requires youth summer camps to install fiber optic facilities in order to operate this summer after more than a dozen youth camps filed a lawsuit claiming the requirement was too challenging.
Twenty-five girls and two teenage camp counselors were killed when an all-girls Christian camp in Texas was overrun by floodwaters during the July 4 holiday last year.
A powerful cold front sweeping across North and Central Texas on Monday is expected to trigger a wave of severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, dangerous winds, and isolated flash flooding.