Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management and representatives from the Upper Guadalupe River Authority are expected to testify.

Response to the Hill Country floods is the top priority for a special session of the Texas Legislature. Lawmakers have already filed more than a dozen bills.

"You seem uninterested in learning what went wrong and how to respond better. Do the victims and survivors in Texas deserve an apology?"

Texas lawmakers gathered this week for a special legislative session to discuss emergency procedures and early warning systems following the deadly July 4 flash floods. Gov. Greg Abbott called the special session in the wake of the flooding,

(Reuters) -Texas state lawmakers met during a special session on Wednesday, to address for the first time the deadly flash floods that hit the Texas Hill Country this month, killing at least 137 people.

Texas lawmakers convened Wednesday morning for the first hearing of the Joint Committees on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding. The 18 senators and representatives heard invited testimony about the state’s response and preparedness for the devastating Independence Day floods in Central Texas,