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The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who narrowly survived the ...

A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.

These floods do not come from nowhere. They are an effect of larger historical, structural, and environmental processes.

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

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Drought has hollowed out Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South Texas demands the water it’s owed.

Fear and reticence spread in Fort Worth as Sally Mann’s nude photos of her children were held as police evidence.

Paul Cobler is The Texas Tribune's economy and industry reporter, covering the socioeconomic and political forces that impact Texans’ pocketbooks and upward mobility.

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English and Environmental Studies, a writer, and an academic at Rice University in Houston. She grew up in the Hill Country just southwest of Kerrville.

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