Public safety officials across ten Texas counties came together Aug. 23 to launch the first Central Texas regional community preparedness initiative for public awareness.

WarnCentralTexas.org is a free public service for residents living and working in Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell Fayette Lee, Llano, Travis, Williamson and Hays counties.

The service, created by the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG), is meant to alert users to critical emergency events like evacuations from floods,...