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

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.

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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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