A hydrologist explains why the region is known as Flash Flood Alley and how its geography and geology can lead to heavy ...

As search and recovery efforts continue following the deadly floods, NWS warns of isolated flash floods due to the ...

On average, it takes five to seven years to develop and implement a new FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. As a result, many maps across the U.S. are significantly out of date, often failing to reflect ...

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency ...

Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 ...

Steep hills, shallow soils and a fault zone have made Hill Country, also called "flash flood alley," one of the state's most ...

The Texas Hill Country has been notorious for flash floods caused by the Guadalupe River. Here's why the area is called ...

In the wake of the historic July 4 flash floods in the Hill Country, several online pundits and others are claiming that the ...

She and 157 homeowners may have to sell their homes and relocate. A draft of a new flood map for this area shows 1,900 structures, including her neighborhood, will be added to a floodplain. The ...

More than an entire summer’s worth of rain fell in some spots in central Texas in just a few hours early on the Fourth of ...

Central Texas, with its rocky soil, steep terrain and susceptibility to heavy rain, has been prone to devastating floods over ...