The Fourth of July flood bore a striking similarity to the Hill Country flood that killed 10 summer campers in 1987. In the following years, officials took little action to protect against the next st...

The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

These maps and charts show the scale and intensity of the Hill Country floods and highlight Camp Mystic’s proximity to high-risk flood zones.

Federal forecasters issued their first flood warning at 1:14 a.m. on July 4. Local officials haven’t shed light on when they saw the warnings or whether they saw them in time to take action.

When storms roll in, water rushes downhill fast, gaining speed and force as it moves — often with deadly results.

More than two dozen girls are missing from the camp, which has hosted the daughters of governors and one president. Rescue efforts continue.

Water rose fast along the Guadalupe River, causing more than two dozen deaths. Local officials said they couldn’t have seen it coming.

Twenty-seven girls from the Camp Mystic summer camp remain missing.

Eleven girls from the Camp Mystic summer camp remain missing.

A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati...

A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati...

On its website Monday morning, the all-girls camp said “our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy.”

On its website Monday morning, the all-girls camp said “our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy.”

Catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country has killed 70 people. Rescue crews are searching for missing girls from Camp Mystic. Here is a guide on how to help those affected.

Houston’s National Weather Service office has lost its head meteorologist amid a federal requirement to cut 10% of NOAA’s staff.

Among other changes is a new law that says homeowner associations can no longer fine Texans for not watering their grass during a drought.

Not long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar energy. Now they’re bypassing the grid and building their own gas-fired power plants on site.

Houston’s National Weather Service office has lost its head meteorologist amid a federal requirement to cut 10% of NOAA’s staff.

President Donald Trump said his team will move forward with winding down much of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — but not until after a hurricane season that some projections show could be pa...

A complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that on more than 1,000 occasions in 2022 and 2023, the GEO Group had its employees use the disinfectant, which causes irreversible eye damage ...

Texas lawmakers bypassed bills that would have restricted “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge, studied health impacts and banned some uses of PFAS-laced firefighting foams.

The deal allocates $1 billion a year to water projects for 20 years, which some groups estimate is a fraction of what Texas needs to save its water supply.

As the state seeks to put guardrails around the fast-growing technology, some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect citizens while industry worries about stifling innovation.

Gov. Greg Abbott and other leaders have called for a major investment to save the state’s water supply. How to spend the money has caused friction at the Capitol.

The group from Johnson County waited 18 hours to testify at a hearing that started at 1 a.m. on a bill to limit toxic chemicals in fertilizer.

Supporters say the bill would protect farmland in Texas. Opponents say limiting PFAS chemicals in biosolids will force water utilities to look at other disposal methods, which will lead to higher util...

What immigrants and citizens should know about federal agents’ power to question and search people at airports and the border.

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...

After a deal to pipe water from Lake O’ the Pines to North Texas came to light, residents voiced opposition everywhere they could to block it.

Desalination can create millions of gallons of fresh water a day. But it is expensive and there are many environmental concerns.

El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.

El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.

State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could spend the money.

State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could spend the money.

UPTON COUNTY, Texas—A sinkhole formed by an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas.  Radford Grocery #17 was originally drilled as an oil well in the 1950s and l...

The state’s water supply faces numerous threats. And by one estimate, the state’s municipal supply will not meet demand by 2030 if there’s a severe drought and no water solutions are implemented.