For the first time since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in Kerr County, Texas, the county emergency management director conceded that he was sick and asleep as the water rose to historic levels on the Guadalupe River.

Our analysis of FEMA flood maps in the Austin area show many homes devastated by July floods were in high-risk areas. Experts say the state must bolster land-use restrictions to prevent

The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.