Two massive disasters this year are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

Many have decried Kerr County's lack of sirens on the Guadalupe River. Officials in counties that have the systems say they are well worth the money.

According to a June 9 Lending Tree report, Oklahoma has the highest average homeowners insurance premium in the country.

A small East Texas community is in the final stages of installing a state-of-the-art disaster warning system officials have ...

With hurricane season in full swing, the city of Beaumont is informing citizens about the alert systems it has in place and why those particular methods were chosen. Beaumont's emergency management ...

All 14 sirens are fully operational and feature new technology that issue distinct signals for various emergencies, allowing residents to discern the nature of a threat and take appropriate action.

Mimi Hymel said the trauma of escaping Hurricane Katrina had a lasting impact on her childhood. But 20 years later, she’s ...

Researchers at Texas Tech University’s Wind Institute studied a tornado that hit Lubbock over a month ago, finding that it was obscured by a wall of dust that made it difficult to collect ...

WLWT got a firsthand look inside Hamilton County Emergency Management and Homeland Security at how exactly lifesaving alerts work in times of crisis, including severe weather.

For a Central Texas family, two natural disasters nearly three decades apart have destroyed homes, taken loved ones, and ...

Every Friday in July Extreme Cheer & Tumble is donating the proceeds of "open gym" to help raise funds for the many Texans affected by flooding.