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Before passing almost directly over the Houston region on July 8, when it caused widespread power outages and contributed to ...

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Weather forecasters often use terms like "100-year" or "500-year" floods. Here’s what those terms really mean and why these extreme events are happening more frequently.

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The Category 4 hurricane made landfall late September 26, 2024 in the Big Bend region of Florida, bringing deadly storm surge, strong winds, tornado outbreaks and catastrophic flooding well away ...

Since joining Reuters in 2011, Nick has written about everything from bankruptcy law to the rise of white nationalism, deploying to the occasional natural disaster (including Hurricanes Harvey in ...

Flooding forced TxDOT to close it last May ... This is the second time TxDOT has had to repair the bridge in eight years. Hurricane Harvey caused it to close. Between the two projects, it costs ...