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James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...
A flash flood warning has been issued for a large part of South Central Texas, including the north side of San Antonio. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain has already fallen in northern Bexar County, ...
KPRC 2 Weather is tracking another round of severe thunderstorms pushing through the Houston area, not only making another messy start to your morning but also imposing a flash flood risk.
Texas officials adopted their first-ever statewide ... a 0.2% chance of inundation in a given year according to federal flood maps. It was named a "500-year flood." While the destruction it ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas now has its first-ever statewide flood plan. The comprehensive statewide assessment analyzes flood risks and solutions in the Lone Star State. The Texas Water Development ...
A slow moving line of thunderstorms will move into the I-35 corridor around noon and be out of the area before 5 p.m.
In November, USGS officials met with Moffitt and hatched the idea of developing Texas-centric flood and rain Twitter accounts. The flood account automatically Tweets out river gauge levels and ...
The initial idea to come up with a statewide guide map for flood mitigation was born after Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas in 2017. The Legislature provided the directive and the funding for the ...
Texas stands at a critical juncture. The convergence of outdated flood maps, rapid development, climate change, and declining insurance coverage has created a perfect storm of risk and vulnerability.