This year’s Fourth of July was the first time that the town of Comfort, Texas, used the sirens intended to warn its roughly 2,000 residents of imminent flooding. Founded by German abolitionists in ...

A crisis communication expert says everyday notifications are weakening the impact of life-saving emergency alerts.

The Nolan County Sheriff's Office and the Sweetwater Fire Department have partnered to bring major improvements to the ...

The Pebblebee Clip tracker is adding support for "Alert," a new feature that activates a siren and alerts your contacts.

More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep ...

State lawmakers tell CBS News Texas they are ready to get to work following what could become the deadliest flood in Texas history. Governor Greg Abbott has placed four items on the agenda for the ...

Local officials were repeatedly denied state funding for emergency flood warning system at Camp Mystic site but didn’t deploy Amber Alert-style warning according to report ...

Texas leaders have faced a torrent of criticism ever since flash floods from the Guadalupe River on Independence Day ...

Kerr County officials, who have come under increasing scrutiny for their actions as the Guadalupe River began to flood, ...

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the ...

While sirens can help in areas with shaky cell service, experts say officials also need to consider alert fatigue and provide ...

Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began ...