In the aftermath of the devastating July 4, 2025, floods that took 139 lives in Central Texas, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin set out to make a new type of outdoor flood alarm: a low-tech, loud alarm that anyone could "set and forget"—just like a smoke detector.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-07-hydrology-professor-simple-outdoor-alarm.html)