Gov. Abbott's request for federal disaster aid for additional Texas counties after flooding was approved by FEMA, providing critical support for recovery efforts.

It’s discouraging that during this time when we have such a loss of life, and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this,” Noem told NBC's Kristen Welker.

More than two dozen Mexican rescue volunteers and firefighters have been looking for victims and clearing debris along the Guadalupe River. Others were left waiting for visas and humanitarian permits to cross the border.

The DHS Secretary moved forward with the layoffs immediately after the disaster, as the demand for help was highest.

The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management deployed a two-person team to assist with the aftermath of flooding in Texas.

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,

In the wake of last week’s catastrophic floods in the Texas Hill Country, on Friday Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency

Warnings predicted both Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.