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.

A total of 3,040 warnings went out across the U.S. from Jan. 1 to July 15, the highest number since the modern alert system ...

Even when floods can be anticipated, communicating their severity to the public is a tall order. Because flash floods are very localized, even neighborhood-level warnings may seem like false alarms to ...

Several historic and deadly flash flooding events have occurred in the U.S. just within the month of July alone. Experts talk ...

A washed-out Guadalupe River appeared stuck in time nearly two weeks after the catastrophe. Large trees laid on their sides ...

County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters until two days after the deadly flood, according to Federal Emergency Management ...

A spokesperson for Camp Mystic and its owner's family cannot confirm whether flash flood emergency alerts reached personnel on July 4.

Camp Mystic's owner tracked rain before floods, but it's unclear if he received a weather alert. 27 campers died, with ...

By all accounts, forecasters provided adequate warning — the problem was communicating the danger to residents.

The deaths of children at Camp Mystic show a heartbreaking failure of local, state and federal government to invest in people, prepare for disasters.

A collection of restaurants, chefs, volunteers and organizers of the Kerrville Folk Festival rallied in the days after the ...

Texas sent out 282 public safety alerts last year, six times more than in 2017. The state also leads the nation in alert ...