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After last year’s flooding, Dr. Nick Fang and his team received a $4 million grant to create a system to warn Hill Country residents of flooding. Using “hydrological modeling,” the system could have applications well beyond the state.
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It has been one year since the tragic flash flood on the upper Guadalupe River that took over 117 lives. Why were local officials caught off guard when the rains came and the flooding hit? The region is called "flash flood alley," and there is a long history of tragic floods on the river. We hear the second episode of the Texas Newsroom podcast, “After the Flood.” -
Our pets may be more at risk to extreme heat than we realize. -
Man, it's a hot one! Don't go out in this summer's heat wave before you arm yourself with these tips and a really big water bottle. -
When the July 4 flood tore through the upper Guadalupe River, ripping apart neighborhoods and destroying homes, the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country stepped up by helping families find shelter and new homes. How will Kerrville celebrate the Fourth of July on what will be the nation's 250th birthday — while also commemorating the lives lost one year earlier? -
July 4 marks one year since catastrophic flooding struck two neighboring parts of the Texas Hill Country. Along the Upper Guadalupe River, where at least 130 people died, a major recovery effort followed. But along nearby Sandy Creek, where nine people were killed, survivors say the response has been far more limited. Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies reports on two disasters caused by the same storm — and two very different paths to recovery. -
On July 4, it will be one year since the flash flood disaster that took the lives of 119 people along the upper Guadalupe River in one of the worst calamities in Texas history. How is the region recovering? What lessons have been learned? And what's being done to prevent this from happening again? -
The National Weather Service has issued heat warnings and watches for much of the Midwest and East heading into the holiday weekend. In many places, the temperatures could shatter records. -
SAWS hopes the technology will help identify lead and galvanized steel pipes without digging up homeowners' yards. -
Every year we hear about Saharan dust reaching Texas, but how does it really affect Texans? -
Dangerous heat is expected across large swaths of the U.S. this week, according to the National Weather Service.
