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

Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.

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

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

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