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Following years of research, studies and public debate, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — in partnership with the state’s General Land Office — has recommended a multi-billion-dollar project that would protect the Houston area and its massive industrial complex from hurricane storm surge. The agencies had narrowed it down to four plans — one of them with an alternate variation — with varying configurations of levees, seawalls and locks. They also identified extensive “non-structural…

As Bay County Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen walks around the second floor of his office in Panama City, Fla., he points up at a makeshift ceiling of tarp and plywood. “From that wall right there, all the way over, all the wood there, that all just got put on,” he says. Andersen is the supervisor of elections for Bay County, Fla., the county most ravaged earlier this month by Hurricane Michael. Andersen was in…

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A weakened Willa has been downgraded to a tropical storm after landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in Western Mexico, with “life-threatening storm surge, wind and rainfall” still active throughout region, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm came ashore near Isla del Bosque, Sinaloa, at 9 p.m. ET with maximum winds of 120 mph. Those winds have weakened to just 45 mph, as of the NHC’s 2 a.m. ET update. The storm is currently…

After a day of uncertainty, Austin officials say the city’s boil-water notice could be lifted by as soon as this weekend. Initially this morning, Travis County officials said they were prepared for the boil-water notice to last 10 to 14 days. But Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros said today that, based on current estimates, the notice wouldn’t last more than a “handful of days” and that it could be lifted as soon as this weekend….

Texas is already feeling the effects of climate change, from an increasing number of 100-degree days per year to more frequent flooding and storms growing in intensity. What progress has been made so far to address issues related to climate change in San Antonio, and what more should be done? The City of San Antonio and its community partners are seeking feedback on proposals for its first-ever Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, designed to be…