River gauges, sirens and clear alerts can together help emergency managers anticipate flash floods and communicate ...

Oceans comprise about 96.5% of the water-covered surface (71%) of the Earth. Surprisingly, the salinity of these huge bodies ...

More flood gauges, better warning systems, a high-tech flood warning system — and other measures that Rice University’s ...

Gauge Bryant was playing on the dock with his cousin around 3 p.m. when a panicked mother approached, searching for her missing 11-year-old son. The boy had slipped beneath the surface of the lake and ...

Everett Firefighters say an 11-year-old boy is recovering after he fell off the Thornton Park dock and got caught underwater ...

A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.

Canyon Lake’s surface elevation has risen by more than 11 feet since the July 4 floods, resulting in the highest lake levels in almost two years.

As of Monday, July 7, access to the Comal River in New Braunfels remains closed due to unsafe conditions following heavy rain ...

The deluge that surged through Central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend devastated the hill country and shocked the ...

Flash floods happen when heavy rains unleash more water than the ground can absorb, causing that water to pile up and flow to ...

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water.

Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search ...