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Why there’s no scientific basis for blaming the longtime drought-fighting practice for the tragic Central Texas flooding.
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HOUSTON — Texas is bracing for a series of extreme weather events, ranging from wildfires in West Texas to freezing temperatures across the state.
HOUSTON — Texas is bracing for a series of extreme weather events, ranging from wildfires in West Texas to freezing temperatures across the state. It could be the coldest weather event in the ...
In brief: There has been a lot of uncertainty about the extent to which the coldest air from this coming week’s Arctic freeze will push all the way down to the coast. It now looks like Houston will be ...
This week's troublemaker was Enzo. Many of us who have gardened in Houston for years are flummoxed. We have been used to gardening year-round with occasional light freezes or a rare hard freeze.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Stacking up the 2021 freeze to the snowfall in 2025 is an apples-to-oranges comparison. The first big difference is the size of the storms.
A rare winter storm barreled into the US state of Texas early Tuesday, plunging the region into a deep freeze, with Houston receiving 4 inches (10.16 centimeters) of snow and up to 6 inches (15.24 ...