Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, ...

The combination of Texas weather patterns and the landscape produce rapid-onset floods when Central and South Texas receive ...

Never Eat Soggy Waffles. Remember that one? Or maybe it was Never Eat Shredded Wheat. Either way, those rather unappetizing mnemonics helped us learn our cardinal directions back in grade school. It’s ...

1. They say everything’s bigger in Texas, but with an area of 268,602 square miles, Texas is only the second largest state in the U.S. At approximately 663,300 square miles, Alaska is nearly 2.5 times ...

Texas is big. It’s bigger than France or Spain. It’s as big as much of the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Houston alone is roughly the size of the island of Oahu. Considering the media’s favorite cliche ...

As they retool and adjust their campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination, two Texas politicians are finding their answers in the familiar — home and heritage. From left: Former Housing and ...