Infrastructure related to flooding and other disasters must be treated as the top priority during the Texas Legislature’s ...

Camps in nature can be great for kids, but they can also expose campers to floods, wildfires and heat. Here are the top ...

Texas flood at Camp Mystic prompts summer camps to enhance weather monitoring and communication tools as more camps seek accreditation for improved safety standards.

Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like the central Texas flash flood, can be averted or minimized when knowledge is ...

Lawmakers should be holding public hearings now, demanding testimony from local officials, emergency managers and state ...

Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent his daughters there, Laura Bush worked there as a counselor years before ...

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question ...

Camps are essentially on their own in terms of crafting a plan to deal with weather emergencies. Alabama camps must get ...

Overdevelopment in flood-prone areas and inadequate mapping by the Federal Emergency Management Agency likely contributed to the tragedy that unfolded in central Texas July 4, when sudden flooding of ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.

Dozens of Texas parents gathered outside the White House a short time ago, demanding accountability and action.The group set out 27 children’s ...

The groups also want lawmakers to examine land-use practices and consider ways to protect natural resources, which they say ...