How Climate Change Influenced the Texas Flooding

Geography, Climate, Policy Failures: What Intensified Texas Floods

"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say -- a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies.

How climate change influenced the Texas flooding

Historic flooding unfolded in an instant in the Texas Hill Country Friday. It’s in an area referred to as Flash Flood Alley, because of the terrain’s ability to funnel rainfall down into the waterways, allowing them to rapidly rise. This was an exceptional event, however. There was leftover tropical moisture from Barry, a tropical storm that made landfall in Mexico...

EXPLAINER: What caused the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas

Here are the circumstances that created heavy rainfall across Central Texas over the July 4th holiday weekend leading to devastating and deadly flooding.