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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has requested disaster assistance for three additional counties in Texas due to severe flooding.

More Oklahomans are jumping to action to help neighboring states recover from deadly flooding, and it's not just in central ...

For a second straight day, rain forecasts hampered the search Monday for people still missing after deadly floods pummeled ...

At least 38,600 homes sat within the path of destruction of the deadly July 4 floods that devastated Central Texas, and most were underinsured.

During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) called for Secretary Kristi Noem to resign over her handling of FEMA in the wake of extreme floods in Texas.

The H2i Lab recreated a map of the Kerr County floods, showing how high the water levels got at certain times during the ...

The first State Flood Plan, published last year, identified $54 billion in flood mitigation, warning and data needs. The ...

Initial emergency funds and resources are being made available to flood victims and survivors impacted by severe flood ...

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Tuesday called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to resign over her response to the catastrophic flooding in Texas that caused a ...

In the survey — which sampled 1,680 U.S. adults — 52% of respondents said that most of the deaths could have been prevented if the government had been more adequately prepared. Twenty-nine percent ...

For months, community leaders have spoken out against the changes being made to FEMA. “Local governments, the state ...