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New data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic, where over two dozen died in the Texas flood. And, U.S.

Sources have said FEMA wasn’t authorized to launch search and rescue teams until 72 hours after flooding began.

Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding ...

Trump declared a major disaster in Texas as FEMA reforms face scrutiny for delayed response to deadly Hill Country flash floods.

“We want to bring [FEMA] down to the state level,” Trump told reporters during a briefing in the Oval Office. “A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly if they can’t it, the aftermath, then ...

When a reporter demanded to know why the summer camps along the Guadalupe River weren’t evacuated before its waters reached ...

Then, colliding with another soggy system sliding north off the Pacific, the storm wobbled and its clouds tipped, waterboarding south central Texas with an extraordinary 20 inches of rain. In the ...

President Donald Trump said his administration is working with state and local officials in Texas in response to the flooding that occurred on Friday, he said in a post on social media. Trump also ...

Recent flash flooding events have claimed lives and damaged property in Texas, North Carolina, Illinois and New Mexico. While all extreme weather events have been associated with their own triggering ...