Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...greatest wildfire risk – could instead be ravaged by flooding. What does it all mean? Preparing for doomsday is..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

City Issues Post-Flood Report

Mixed ‘After-Action’ review by city-county-nonprofit agencies

"...Travis County “After Action Report” on the Oct. 13, 2013 Halloween flood. The review involved 31 city and 10..."

April 13, 2014 News Post by Michael King

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...of Mexico created the perfect conditions for a massive flood event...."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...Austinites remember the big floods – the expanding, treacherous storms that ransack homes and..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Rising From the Halloween Flood

Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods

"...Very early on Halloween morning, 2013, 87-year-old Mattie Miller, like most residents of drought-wracked Central..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Council: Fire, Flood, and Men on Horseback

Contentious issues fill this week's slate

"...The AFA points to the relative success of the 2013 hiring process – which qualified a considerable group of..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway

Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts

"...rainfall across the U.S., recent studies suggest that current flood mapping has not accounted for that increased risk. Flooding..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas Conservation Corps: Dove Springs Flood, 2013

November 27, 2013. 18 photos.

"...November 27, 2013. 18 photos...."

Nov. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery

Saturday Flood Damage Assistance Update

Latest City of Austin communication on flood aftermath

"...“The Flood Assistance Center (5801 Ainez Drive) hours will be from..."

Nov. 9, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Memorial Weekend Flood Assistance

Resources for folks hit by the Memorial Weekend floods

"...other low-lying Hill Country are digging out from early-morning flooding...."

May 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Post-Flood Report: Mixed 'After Action' Reviews

171 action items needing improvement

"...Travis County "After Action Report" on the Oct. 31, 2013, Halloween flood. The review involved 31 city and 10..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Austin Shelters Brace for Harvey's Second Flood

From evacuees to displaced locals, Red Cross readying long week

"...many of their newer guests being victims of local flooding, as opposed to evacuees from the coastal region...."

Aug. 28, 2017 News Post by Joseph Caterine

After the Flood

Israel Nash emerges from the Hill Country like a train coming through town

"...concrete floor was only recently completed. The Memorial Day floods that devastated the Hill Country filled the space with..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Farmers' Market Report: Nov. 23-24, 2013

The Thanksgiving Farmers’ Markets are this weekend

"...prime and available at all markets. There is a flood of broccoli; the heads are huge and very tender...."

Nov. 22, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Texas Flood: October 31, 2013

October 31, 2013. 10 photos.

"...October 31, 2013. 10 photos...."

Oct. 31, 2013 Photo Gallery

Farmers Market Report: November 9-10, 2013

Tomatoes are back! Plus a new Sunday market in South Austin

"...Lightsey Farms has a flood of both hard orange and soft red persimmons; the..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Onion Creek/Dove Springs Flood Aftermath

November 4, 2013. 16 photos.

"...November 4, 2013. 16 photos...."

Nov. 4, 2013 Photo Gallery

Council: It’s Floodin’ Down in Texas

Special Sunday meeting addresses latest Onion Creek disaster

"...a litany of desperate tales of yet another Halloween flood...."

Nov. 9, 2015 News Post by Michael King

News Roundup: All Sorts of Disasters

Pressley vs. Casar, Linklater vs. fire, and more

"...In this week's News Roundup, flood relief efforts are far from complete, a judge rules..."

June 22, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Three Cheers for Reading

Our favorite books of 2013

"...– you've already heard most of my cooing about 2013's new releases. I loved exploring the ideas of technological..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Environmental Stories

"...1) Halloween Flood, Reprise..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...In late October, I visited the HQ of Texas..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

State Capitol Sexual Abuse Policies Remain a Work in Progress

After flood of allegations, House and Senate pressed to revise rules

"...in politics as a state House legislative aide in 2013. However, she soon became the target of unwanted harassment..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Will Johnson Premiere

Lo-fi bard borrows kids’ keyboard for ambient composition

"...melancholic mood instrumentally. A lonely bassline, pulsing under a flood of mournful keys, conveys stillness and tension. Imagine it..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jimmy Buffett Surfs Stubb’s

Energized Parrothead king kicks out the jams

"...pair at Circuit of the Americas – May 5, 2013, and May 31, 2014 – now cede to the..."

May 27, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Early Voting Not High Water

At 5.6%, EV turnout not exactly a flood

"...period for the Nov. 5 (Tuesday) election didn't reach flood stage, but at nearly 35,000 was slightly better than..."

Nov. 2, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Bob Schneider: The Good Fight

Premiering the local Austin Music Award king’s new video

"...“You think you have it made, but you never..."

Aug. 13, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Council: It Never Rains but It Pours

How moving quickly on buyouts for the nearly 300 Onion Creek homeowners went unresolved

"...fast as it can to address the most recent floods. That was the subject of Sunday's special-called meeting, which..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...much of the city still recovering from the recent floods – and a formal declaration of emergency – City..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature

High Waters: Questions at Onion Creek

Residents still frustrated six months after flood

"...Southeast Austin – survivors of last fall's deadly Halloween flood – shouted out questions on Saturday when the floor..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

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