From 1959 to 2019, 1,069 people died in Texas in flooding, which is nearly one-fifth of the total 5,724 flood fatalities in the Lower 48 states in that time, according to a 2021 study in the journal ...

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The July 4 Texas Hill Country flash flooding event is the latest to hit the region known as “Flash Flood Alley,” as Texas continues to lead the U.S. in flood-related deaths. The greatest number of ...

Some people equate flood warnings with streamflow gauges and sensors that monitor water levels – the technical infrastructure that triggers alerts when rivers exceed certain thresholds. Others think ...

President Trump was asked if his deteriorating relationship with California Gov. Gavin Newsom would impact federal support for wildfire recovery efforts.

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was ...

Central Texas is infamous for its flash flooding and arid soil, hard-packed ground into which water does not easily ...

Since flooding incidences are becoming more frequent and serious globally due to climate change, flood prediction has become more crucial than ever. Recently, in forecasting systems, Machine Learning ...

Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars ...

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas ...

Flood forecasting is one of the most disastrous natural phenomena; however, its prediction with sufficient accuracy can help to at least reduce the damage caused by this potentially disastrous event.

Donald Trump’s commitment to “energy dominance” would seem to be good news for the Texas economy, but in the administration’s reversal of environmental policies — including via the chaos of the ...