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The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) adopted Texas' inaugural 2024 State Flood Plan on August 15th, 2024, to be delivered to the Legislature by September 1, 2024. In 2019, the Texas Legislature ...
It was a warm start to the long holiday weekend, with highs reaching the low 90s and the heat index topping 100. The warm weather that began earlier this week will continue into Sunday. On Sunday ...
(Cameron County Constable PCT 5 via AP)(AP) Almost three months after intense flooding at the tip of South Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Friday that President Donald ...
Inland flooding is the leading cause of hurricane-related fatalities, not just in Texas but throughout the United States. According to an analysis of National Hurricane Center data, 60% of ...
Inland flooding is the leading cause of hurricane-related fatalities, not just in Texas but throughout the United States. According to an analysis of National Hurricane Center data, 60% of ...
But every now and then, the skies open up and Central Texas turns into “Flash Flood Alley.” Every few years – whether it’s from severe thunderstorms or from hurricanes that come ashore on ...
Sign up for essential news for the Fort Worth area. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. With Texas Flood Awareness Week observed from May 19-23, Fort Worth ...
Neptune Flood has released a report analyzing flood risk and insurance coverage gaps in Texas – shedding light on a massive issue facing the state. The research projects that over 2.1 million ...
"Texas faces a clear and growing flood risk, yet millions of properties remain without adequate insurance coverage," said Matt Duffy, President of Neptune. "This report underscores the scale of ...
Using this definition, the researchers determined that between 2003 and 2020, Texas experienced 2,517 days with a heat hazard event—nearly 40% of all days. Heat hazard events affected a total of ...
Texas has experienced more than its fair share of extreme weather over the past 20 years, including increasingly frequent flooding and heat events. Using widely accessible daily precipitation and ...