Texas leaders’ dreams of unlimited development and a rush of artificial intelligence data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of extreme weather, as this

The lake has surged more than 30 feet in less than two weeks, which has put it at its highest level in over five years.

With an outpouring of volunteers from across Texas, the riverside town of Hunt is grappling with loss and recovery after deadly floods.

Some areas of Texas received up to 20 inches of rain last week as remnants from two tropical systems met over the state, unleashing flash floods that proved both deadly and destructive. The storms delivered a dramatic burst of moisture to a parched landscape,

If you’ve seen the latest drought map, it probably won’t surprise you to see some major changes in Central Texas. In just two weeks, much of the exceptional drought across the Hill Country has been erased. The deep red areas on the first map represented what’s known as a once-in-50-to-75-year drought.

Texas’ water supply storage exceeded 80% capacity this week in the aftermath of devastating, deadly flooding, sending reservoirs to levels unseen since October 2021.

Climate change is warming the North Pacific Ocean, leading weather patterns that drive drought in the U.S. Southwest to persist decades longer than they have in the recent past.

The July 4th weekend brought catastrophic amounts of precipitation to the Hill Country, with widespread areas receiving 8 to 12 inches of rain in a couple of hours. Some locations recorded even higher totals, making this one of the most significant rainfall events in the region’s recent history.

Intense rainstorms are becoming more frequent in most of the U.S. — though experts say where they occur and whether they cause catastrophic flooding is largely a matter of chance.

A "worst case scenario" of meteorological events contributed to the extreme flash flooding event that killed dozens of people in the region, according to experts.

Water storage infrastructure at Richland Chambers Reservoir and Benbrook Lake collected rainfall well above capacities from June to July.