Lawmakers held hearings in Austin on some of the highest-profile items on the agenda, including flood response, redistricting and regulating THC.

Lawmakers have filed bills to improve early warning systems and emergency communications and to provide relief funding.

On the first day of the special legislative session, a group of state representatives and community leaders rallied at the ...

Richardson's appearance came after a wave of criticism and fallout over the response, including the resignation Monday of FEMA's urban search and rescue leader. President Donald Trump and Homeland ...

States can apply for federal funds to make their own replicas of the controversial Alligator Alcatraz facility amid Trump's ...

Airmen from the 190th Air Refueling Wing, Topeka, transported 12 firefighters, four K-9 handlers, and four search and rescue ...

A large fire is burning multiple buildings in Pleasanton, Texas, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Wednesday scrutinized the state's emergency response to the July 4 floods that killed at least 136 people after a top Republican said legislators had no ...

A UTV pulled from Jim Burns Road and was struck, killing four of five occupants. A woman then drove through the scene hitting ...

At the time, the state warned that Oakland needed to meet the 15-seconds-or-fewer threshold for 90% of its 911 calls, an ...

Much of the U.S. is under extreme heat warnings or advisories while New York, Philadelphia and Washington could feel like 100 degrees or more.

Christopher Scott, a professor in Pennsylvania State University’s ecosystem science and management department, explained how recent severe weather events are connected to climate change.