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The career rise of Texas furniture kingpin 'Mattress Mack,' who won $75 million in the largest...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale.Getty/Carmen Mandato American businessman Jim McIngvale, most widely...
One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis shows
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA family returns to their Houston home in a kayak on Aug 30, 2017 after their neighborhood was...
Hurricane categories are based on wind speed, but the worst damage usually comes from water. Photos...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHurricane Idalia is seen barreling toward Florida as a Category 1 storm on Tuesday, August 29,...
Heavy rains near Houston close schools and flood roadways as officials urge residents to evacuate
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMandatory evacuation orders were issued near Houston on Thursday for some residents following heavy...
For flood-prone cities, seawalls raise as many questions as they answer
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFlooding caused by high tides in a Miami neighborhood on June 19, 2019. AP Photo/Ellis RuaThe oceans...
Why Texas Could Soon Have An Insurance Crisis On Its Hands
Benzinga via Yahoo Finance· 20 hours agoTexas homeowners could soon find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place because property...
7 photos that show the climate crisis is not a distant threat — it's already here
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA formerly sunken boat sits upright into the air as a drought depletes water levels in Lake Mead on...
No water, roads or emergency services: How climate change left a rural neighborhood nearly...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn Liberty County, one neighborhood has been slowly abandoned as years of flooding and intense rains...
Tony Buzbee, Mary Nan Huffman advance to runoff for Houston City Council race
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBuzbee is a high-profile lawyer who led the defense team in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s...
Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial sites
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMaywood Riverfront Park was built on the site of eight former industrial properties in Los Angeles...