heavy rains in Texas News

Recent heavy rains have helped Texas emerge from the worst of the years-long drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated Texas, for the first time since mid-2012, is no longer in the “exceptional drought” category. That’s the most dire of five …

Parts of Texas have been deluged by rain that caused flooding and led to water rescues in the Houston area, while officials in North Texas are taking the unusual step of releasing water from lakes to avoid banks from being …