Governor Abbott calls a Texas special session with a wide-ranging 18-item agenda, including flood recovery and STAAR test elimination.

Gov. Abbott has added new items to the Legislature's special session agenda stemming from recent flooding events. Here's what to know.

After deadly floods in Texas' hill country, Governor Greg Abbott is calling for some big changes. Advertisement. About Our Ads

The Texas House and Senate will appoint a nine-person select committee to look at disaster preparedness and the recent flooding across Central Texas.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows have announced joint House and Senate select committees to examine disaster preparedness and flood response.

Flooding is the deadliest natural disaster facing Oklahomans, a threat far greater than tornadoes. In the United States, flooding kills an average of 103 people a year. Tornadoes, however, caused 48 deaths on average during the same period, according to the National Weather Service.