Nearly a decade ago, neighboring counties, Guadalupe and Comal, installed flood sirens. Nearby New Braunfels regularly tests ...

Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county ...

A small Texas town recorded no deaths in last weekend’s flood disaster after it recently upgraded its emergency alert system ...

Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many ...

In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions ...

While many Texas counties have installed outdoor sirens over the years to warn residents of flash floods, Kerr County — no ...

Citing federal studies, Bettencourt worries alerts on cell phones can be ignored. A study of the effectiveness of the 2023 Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) national test alert showed, 17.5 percent of ...

Many warnings from the National Weather Service went out to Kerr County, Texas, but the area wasn't equipped with sirens to ...