Failing to translate flood forecasts into timely messages that tell people what they need to do to stay safe can have tragic consequences. In Texas and elsewhere, the solution is more wide-ranging than fixing any single channel of communication.

“If you’ve never seen water rise in front of you in minutes, it’s hard to conceive of how quickly that can happen—and how quickly your life and property can be at risk,” said Rachel Hogan Carr, executive director of the Nurture Nature Center, a nonprofit focused on flood-risk communication.

One of the worst floods in a Texas rivers' history left dozens dead over the Independence Day weekend. What to know about flash flooding and warnings.

The NWS Fort Worth TX released an updated flash flood warning at 9:09 p.m. on Saturday in effect until Sunday at midnight. The warning is for Collin, Dallas and Denton counties.

Here's what to know about the deadly flooding, the colossal weather system that drove it and ongoing efforts to identify victims.

With an outpouring of volunteers from across Texas, the riverside town of Hunt is grappling with loss and recovery after deadly floods.

Another round of heavy rains is drenching central Texas with “life-threatening flash flooding,” according to the National Weather Service, forcing first responders in Kerrville to suspend search-and-rescue operations looking for the remaining missing after the deadly floods that took place last week.

Texas was hammered with heavy rain again Sunday, just nine days after catastrophic flash floods left more than 120 people dead in one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s

On Friday (July 18), millions of Americans are under weather alerts as severe conditions sweep across the country. Seventeen million people are under flood alerts across the Gulf Coast and the mid-Atlantic,