Tropical Storm Bertha enters Texas
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Texas' flood-warning reforms face first major test as new Hill Country floods reveal progress—and remaining vulnerabilities.
Parts of Texas Hill Country received over 2 feet of rain – around a year’s worth – in just a few days, prompting several flash flood emergencies. At least two people died and there were more than 230 water rescues,
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 59 counties as storms slam Texas, including Bexar County, Uvalde County, and Medina County.
Lexi was 10 when she was killed in the 2022 mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.
Flood sirens blared early Thursday in Comfort, Texas, as the Guadalupe River rose more than 30 feet in three hours, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The storm could bring even more rainfall than last year's deadly Fourth of July floods.
Stalled storms are dumping up to a foot of rain across South Central Texas, with more heavy downpours and worsening river flooding expected through Thursday.
In Chula Vista, south of Crystal City, residents of the Hispanic community searched through the debris after a flood caught them off-guard.
Scientists explain what back-to-back Guadalupe River floods do - and don't - say about climate change and Texas flood risk.
Flash Flood Warnings and other Flood Alerts remain in effect across much of the Texas Hill Country as a slow-moving storm system lingers for a final day after unleashing catastrophic flooding across