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Texas passed laws to address historic flooding. We asked a flood expert if they'll work.

Posted on September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

After historic floods on the Fourth of July killed more than 130 people in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed state lawmakers would pass transformative legislation, designed to “make sure communities are better, more resilient, and have the resources that they need.” Just two months later, on Sept. 5, Abbott held a bill signing ceremony surrounded by families who’d lost loved ones in the tragedy. That day, the governor signed a package of flood-related measures into…

Tropical Storm Mario forms off Mexico's Pacific coast, expected to bring rain and possible flooding

Posted on September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Mario formed Friday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and was expected to bring wind, rain and possible flash flooding, forecasters said. Mario was described as “mini” in the National Hurricane Center’s morning advisory, but the storm packed maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. A tropical storm watch was in effect for parts of the Michoacan state. It spanned from Lázaro Cárdenas to Punta San Telmo. The Miami-based weather service…

Life in the Time of Hurricanes

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from the first chapter of Life in the Time of Hurricanes by Rod Davis, out this month from TCU Press. It is republished here with permission. “And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the…

Texas braces for drastic temperature drop amid cold front, tropical storm

Posted on September 5, 2025September 8, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Photo of cloudy skies. Annett Engelhardt / 500px/Getty Images/500px Now that August is behind us, it’s really time for it to start feeling like fall. While it typically takes until nearly the start of winter to really feel a significant cool down, a cold front sweeping across Texas is bringing the autumnal feels early. If there’s anything we can expect from Texas weather, it’s to expect the unexpected. For the northern half of Texas – sorry…

Flood Watch issued as thunderstorms could ruin Labor Day plans in San Antonio

Posted on August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Did anybody else get randomly soaked while at a high school football game last night? Well, whether you were or not, rain was all over the San Antonio area on Saturday night, August 30, and it looks like there may be that and more on the way. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch is in effect beginning noon on Sunday, August 31 that will last until Monday, September 1. What a way…

Flood watch in effect for the Austin area from noon Sunday until noon on Monday

Posted on August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Rain is in the forecast for a large area of Texas for the remainder of the long Labor Day weekend, including the Austin area and the Hill Country. The National Weather Service says there could be enough rainfall over a long enough period of time to cause flooding. The NWS has issued a flood watch that is in effect from noon Sunday until noon on Monday. A slow-moving cold front is expected to move through…

A Texas congressman is quietly helping Elon Musk pitch building $760M tunnels under Houston to ease flooding

Posted on August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. This article is co-published with The Texas Newsroom, the Houston Chronicle and ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on how power is wielded in Texas. Also, sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The devastating flooding in Houston caused by…

TribCast: How will Texas protect its campers from future floods?

Posted on August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor talk to Texas Tribune climate reporter Emily Foxhall about the emotional pleas Camp Mystic parents made to state lawmakers and analyze the proposed new laws in…

San Antonio Zoo to disburse 20,000 complimentary tickets to folks affected by Texas floods

Posted on August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / San Antonio Zoo The recently renovated front entrance greets visitors to the San Antonio Zoo. The San Antonio Zoo will disburse 20,000 complimentary tickets to people affected by the deadly July 4 floods in the Texas Hill Country as part of its Zoo Cares: Together for Texans campaign, officials with the attraction said. “The success of this effort reflects the power of Texans helping Texans,” Zoo President and CEO…

Hurricane Harvey destroyed this Texas county’s courthouse. Eight years later, it’s still not finished.

Posted on August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. ROCKPORT — For years, Aransas County officials wanted to knock down and rebuild their courthouse. Then Hurricane Harvey hit. The storm made landfall here on Aug. 25, 2017,…

A new bridge connecting Lago Vista and Marble Falls is open, replacing one destroyed by July floods

Posted on August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

A bridge over Cow Creek along RM 1431 in Northwest Travis County is open again — nearly a month ahead of schedule. The 240-foot bridge, which connects Lago Vista to Marble Falls, had to be completely reconstructed after it was destroyed by floodwaters on July 5. “Ultimately, there’s one thing about bridges, and that is, it connects communities; it connects people,” Gov. Greg Abbott said at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new bridge on…

Thousands of Austin properties sit in areas prone to flooding. Here's how to find out if you're in one.

Posted on August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Last month’s disastrous flooding has a lot of people thinking about the flood risk in their own homes and neighborhoods. Even if they’ve never experienced a flood in the past, could enough rain falling in the right (or wrong) place trigger one some day? Floodplain maps are usually the best place to begin understanding that risk. Accessing them online is pretty straightforward. But different maps can provide different kinds of information, and Austin maps are…

After Hill Country floods, families face a difficult question: Rebuild, or let go?

Posted on August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Tribune. Brian Keeper doesn’t remember exactly when his family began spending holidays in Hunt, an unincorporated town on the banks of the…

San Antonio River Authority has a new plan to prevent flash flooding deaths. Will Texas fund it?

Posted on August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

In the weeks after a heavy June 12 rain swept multiple cars off the road in San Antonio leaving 13 people dead, local officials say an investigation has uncovered some relatively low cost safety measures that could be implemented quickly to prevent such tragedies in the future. On Tuesday, Bexar County Commissioners approved roughly $10 million to fix and improve rain gauges at low-water crossings, update flood projections and install gates that officials can proactively…

Texas identifies the 119 people killed in Hill Country floods

Posted on August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 by WeatherPreppers

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Almost a month after the catastrophic Hill Country floods swept away local residents, out-of-towners and summer campers, Texas Rangers have released the names of the 119 people who lost their lives. On July…

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