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A committee finds a decayed and broken utility pole caused the largest wildfire in Texas history
San Antonio Express-News· 31 minutes agoA decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle, sparked the state’s largest wildfire in history, a & ...
Texas Lawmakers Fault Xcel Power Pole in State's Largest Fire
Insurance Journal· 3 hours agoThe worst wildfire in Texas history was sparked by a power pole and lines owned by Xcel Energy Inc....
Panhandle Wildfires Investigative Committee releases findings, recommendations
KAMR Amarillo· 3 hours agoAfter three days of investigative hearings in Pampa during the first week of April, the five-member...
House Committee: Power lines, monitoring of providers to blame for Panhandle wildfires
Dallas Morning News· 18 hours agoA Texas House of Representatives committee tasked with investigating deadly wildfires in the...
Decayed power pole sparked the largest wildfire in state history, House committee confirms
KVII 7 Amarillo· 17 hours agoA decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle,...
Committee: Downed Power Line Sparked Largest Wildfire In State's History | News Radio 1200 WOAI
WOAI San Antonio· 11 hours agoA Texas House committee is confirming that a broken utility pole and fallen power wires touched off...
Texas weather set to go more extreme, report predicts
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoTexas will continue to get hotter, which will worsen other types of extreme weather such as...
Texas’ extreme weather is just getting started, report warns
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoLast summer, temperatures in some areas in Texas were hotter than 99% of the planet, noted some...
Texas gets hurricane warning over sea level rise
Newsweek· 1 day agoHurricanes in Texas could become more intense as sea levels rise with climate change, a study has reported. The study, conducted by Texas A&M University...
Texans should prepare for hotter temperatures, greater risk of fire and flooding
Phys.org· 1 day agoThe newly updated assessment of extreme weather in Texas draws on data from 1900 to 2023 to predict...