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Notable 2024 U.S. landfalling hurricanes strengthened by climate change

Heating up: How a warming world supercharges hurricanes

Read full article: Heating up: How a warming world supercharges hurricanes

Groundbreaking study shows the link between a warmer ocean and hurricane intensity

For nearly a decade, KPRC 2 and the Houston Zoo have partnered to share stories of conservation efforts around the globe.

‘Saving Wildlife: Return to Rwanda’

Read full article: ‘Saving Wildlife: Return to Rwanda’

We proudly present: Saving Wildlife: Return to Rwanda, a captivating one-hour special that highlights the remarkable efforts of the Houston Zoo to protect endangered animals in their natural habitats.

Check out fun and easy ways you can save wildlife with your family

Saving birds across Houston skies

Read full article: Saving birds across Houston skies

More than a billion birds fly over Houston’s night skies during migration season, and there are simple things Houstonians can do to keep them safe during their journey.

Eco-friendly living

Eco-friendly living: Tips for sustainable parenting

Read full article: Eco-friendly living: Tips for sustainable parenting

Practical tips for starting your sustainability journey.

An entire team of NOAA scientists studies the coral reef

Day 2: Diving in to discover the beauty and mystery of the Flower Gardens in the Gulf 🦈

Read full article: Day 2: Diving in to discover the beauty and mystery of the Flower Gardens in the Gulf 🦈

An entire team of NOAA scientists works to study the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Coming back to the boat I ran into this guy. (Don't get too close.)

🪸Saving the garden in the Gulf of Mexico🐠

Read full article: 🪸Saving the garden in the Gulf of Mexico🐠

KPRC 2 chief meteorologist Anthony Yanez is on assignment at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

MORE HEADLINES


FILE - A sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo., Aug. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
4 hours ago

Northern Arizona resident dies from plague

Read full article: Northern Arizona resident dies from plague

A northern Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague.

Michelle Tanner, whose yard was washed away by flash flooding, stands in what used to be her driveway as she talks with neighbors on a destroyed roadway, Friday, July 11, 2025 in Sutton, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
53 minutes ago

Flash floods once again hit Vermont, damaging homes and roads

Read full article: Flash floods once again hit Vermont, damaging homes and roads

Communities in rural Vermont face damaged homes and washed-out roads after heavy rainfall caused flash flooding.

FILE - Giant wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Winds project are stacked on racks in the harbor, July 11, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
11 hours ago

Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches

Read full article: Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches

The maker of a wind turbine blade that broke apart off Nantucket Island and washed onto beaches last summer has agreed to a $10 million settlement.

Zach Stockton, center, pounds a stake into the ground as a crew works to stabilize a Christmas tree following flooding, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at a farm in Georgetown, Texas. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
14 hours ago

Texas floodwaters damaged crops and endangered livestock. Now farmers and ranchers are cleaning up

Read full article: Texas floodwaters damaged crops and endangered livestock. Now farmers and ranchers are cleaning up

Along the banks of creeks and rivers outside of Austin, farmers growing everything from Christmas trees to ostriches have been affected by flooding.

An emergency siren is visible on top of the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department in Comfort, Texas on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
1 day ago

A small Texas community where everyone survived flooding has sirens that warned them

Read full article: A small Texas community where everyone survived flooding has sirens that warned them

Officials at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department triggered a flood warning siren last week when the Guadalupe River began to swell.

A flood gauge marks the height of water flowing over a farm-to-market road near Kerrville, Texas, on Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
1 day ago

Breaking down the force of water in the Texas floods

Read full article: Breaking down the force of water in the Texas floods

Flash floods last week in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, reaching three stories high in just two hours.

Shabd Simon-Alexander holds her one-year-old daughter, accompanied by Alden Towler, right, and Jane Towler, not pictured, on the roof of a cabin to escape floodwaters from the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, at 4:48 a.m. on Friday, July 4, 2025. (Shabd Simon-Alexander via AP)
21 hours ago

A Texas family clung to life on their roof, capturing the terrifying flooding in photos and video

Read full article: A Texas family clung to life on their roof, capturing the terrifying flooding in photos and video

A retired nurse, her son and a family friend say they were lucky to survive last week's flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including many summer campers.

FILE - Mount Rainier is pictured Sept. 21, 2023, at Mount Rainier National Park, from Sunrise, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
1 day ago

Officials are tracking an earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier but say there is no cause for concern

Read full article: Officials are tracking an earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier but say there is no cause for concern

Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years at Mount Rainier in Washington.

FILE - Carole Smith walks through her flooded home on April 5, 2025, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry, File)
1 day ago

Here are some things you can do to be better prepared for major flooding

Read full article: Here are some things you can do to be better prepared for major flooding

Catastrophic floods often bring with them loss of power, cuts to key emergency communications and sudden hazardous situations that leave victims with only minutes or seconds to seek higher ground and stay safe.

In this photo provided by Barbara Arthur, damage with mud and debris from flash flooding is seen outside a house at the Riverside RV Park, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Ruidoso, N.M. (Barbara Arthur via AP)
1 day ago

As many as 200 homes damaged as officials survey the aftermath of a deadly New Mexico flood

Read full article: As many as 200 homes damaged as officials survey the aftermath of a deadly New Mexico flood

Officials in southern New Mexico say the number of homes destroyed and damaged by a deadly flash flood will only rise as crews survey more neighborhoods in the mountain village of Ruidoso.

FILE - Army soldiers and rescuers evacuate patients and medical staff from a flooded hospital following landslides and flash flooding amid monsoon season in Imphal, India, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Donald Sairem, File)
1 day ago

Climate change makes South Asia’s monsoon season more prone to floods, landslides and heavy rains

Read full article: Climate change makes South Asia’s monsoon season more prone to floods, landslides and heavy rains

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s farms and replenishing its rivers.

FILE - Water overflows from the Canyon Lake spillway near New Braunfels, Texas, Friday, July 5, 2002, adding to the flood waters along the Guadalupe River. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
2 days ago

What flood insurance does and does not cover

Read full article: What flood insurance does and does not cover

Though natural disasters cycle across seasons and regions in the U.S., it’s often a shocking discovery for property owners how expansive and expensive flood and water damage can be when a major storm devastates their homes, businesses and communities.

Officials ride a boat as they arrive to assist with a recovery effort at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River, Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
2 days ago

How Americans think the government should respond to natural disasters, according to recent polls

Read full article: How Americans think the government should respond to natural disasters, according to recent polls

Most U.S. adults who've experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause.

In this photo provided by Barbara Arthur, damage from flash flooding with mud and debris is seen outside a house at the Riverside RV Park, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Ruidoso, N.M. (Barbara Arthur via AP)
2 days ago

Flash flooding that killed 3 leaves New Mexico village heartbroken, anxious as cleanup begins

Read full article: Flash flooding that killed 3 leaves New Mexico village heartbroken, anxious as cleanup begins

Crews are working to clear twisted metal, broken trees and muddy debris from streets and homes a day after monsoon rains triggered a deadly flash flood in southern New Mexico.

CLIMATE HEADLINES


FILE - A sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo., Aug. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
4 hours ago

Northern Arizona resident dies from plague

Read full article: Northern Arizona resident dies from plague
Michelle Tanner, whose yard was washed away by flash flooding, stands in what used to be her driveway as she talks with neighbors on a destroyed roadway, Friday, July 11, 2025 in Sutton, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
53 minutes ago

Flash floods once again hit Vermont, damaging homes and roads

Read full article: Flash floods once again hit Vermont, damaging homes and roads
FILE - Giant wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Winds project are stacked on racks in the harbor, July 11, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
11 hours ago

Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches

Read full article: Wind turbine maker to pay settlement after blade broke apart and washed up on Nantucket beaches
Zach Stockton, center, pounds a stake into the ground as a crew works to stabilize a Christmas tree following flooding, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at a farm in Georgetown, Texas. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
14 hours ago

Texas floodwaters damaged crops and endangered livestock. Now farmers and ranchers are cleaning up

Read full article: Texas floodwaters damaged crops and endangered livestock. Now farmers and ranchers are cleaning up

NEWS HEADLINES


Police Lights on top of car
28 minutes ago

Person killed after shots fired inside Pasadena Bubba’s 33 restaurant

Read full article: Person killed after shots fired inside Pasadena Bubba’s 33 restaurant
Officials inspect the site of Thursday's Air India plane crash on the roof of a building in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
1 hour ago

Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash, investigation report says

Read full article: Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash, investigation report says
People wait outside of Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
44 minutes ago

Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California

Read full article: Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California
Jeff Wilson, Amber Wilson, and Shiloh Wilson
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Procession scheduled for Saturday as body of Shiloh Wilson is brought back to Kingwood

Read full article: Procession scheduled for Saturday as body of Shiloh Wilson is brought back to Kingwood
FILE - People walk at Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower during a heat wave July 2, 2025, in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
2 days ago

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Read full article: Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
2 days ago

Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA

Read full article: Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA

Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.”.

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
2 days ago

The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up

Read full article: The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up

Experts say climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe, but that our attitudes and actions haven't kept up.

A man points to the Chinese side after Friendship bridge, a key bridge connecting the country with China over the Bhotekoshi River was swept away in monsoon rain at Rasuwagadi, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital, Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July, 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Sujan Gurung)
1 day ago

Rescuers search for 19 missing and recover 9 bodies after flooding in Nepal

Read full article: Rescuers search for 19 missing and recover 9 bodies after flooding in Nepal

Rescuers are searching for 19 people missing in severe flooding in Nepal that swept away a key bridge connecting the country with China.

Lost items sit at a bridge as a volunteer cleans up debris on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
11 hours ago

Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood

Read full article: Timeline raises questions over how Texas officials handled warnings before the deadly July 4 flood

Officials in Texas are facing questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed at least 120 people, including more than two dozen children and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp.

This photo provided by the National Weather Service shows flooding in the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 17, 1987. (NWS via AP)
2 days ago

A deadly 1987 flood scarred the same Texas county that is reeling through another disaster

Read full article: A deadly 1987 flood scarred the same Texas county that is reeling through another disaster

The Guadalupe River has a history of terrible, fatal floods.

In this image taken from video, a house is carried away by flash flooding behind a house in Ruidoso, N.M., Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Kaitlyn Carpenter via AP)
2 days ago

3 missing, house swept away as flash flooding hits mountain village in New Mexico

Read full article: 3 missing, house swept away as flash flooding hits mountain village in New Mexico

At least three people are missing in a mountain village that is a popular summer retreat in southern New Mexico after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding so intense an entire house was swept downstream.

This undated photo provided by John Lawrence on Monday, July 7, 2025, shows twin sisters, Hanna Lawrence, left, and Rebecca Lawrence, right, who were two the victims killed by the flooding at Camp Mystic in central Texas on Friday, July 4. (John Lawrence via AP)
3 days ago

These Texas twins shared made-up games and story time. They died together at Camp Mystic

Read full article: These Texas twins shared made-up games and story time. They died together at Camp Mystic

Twin sisters Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence, aged 8, are now frozen in time.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
3 days ago

Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban

Read full article: Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban

The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents.

Debris covers over tree limbs after flooding near the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
3 days ago

Intense downpours like those in Texas are more frequent, but there's no telling where they'll happen

Read full article: Intense downpours like those in Texas are more frequent, but there's no telling where they'll happen

Intense rainstorms are becoming more frequent in most of the U.S. — though experts say where they occur and whether they cause catastrophic flooding is largely a matter of chance.

This photo provided by the fire brigade Pompiers13, shows a cloud of smoke over hills near Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Pompiers13 via AP)
3 days ago

Marseille airport suspends flights due to wildfire as public warned to stay at home

Read full article: Marseille airport suspends flights due to wildfire as public warned to stay at home

Flights to and from Marseille have been suspended and traffic at the city’s main train station was disrupted due to a wildfire near the southern French port city.

Bhagavan Doc Antle from the Netflix Tiger King documentary, center, reaches out to a supporter after he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on federal animal trafficking and money laundering charges on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
3 days ago

Latest 'Tiger King' twist finds 'Doc' Antle sentenced to 1 year in prison for animal trafficking

Read full article: Latest 'Tiger King' twist finds 'Doc' Antle sentenced to 1 year in prison for animal trafficking

“Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for illegally buying endangered animals.

In this October 2018 photo provided by MeyGen, tidal turbines are visible at the MeyGen tidal site located in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, a narrow channel of water between the Scottish mainland and Stroma Island. (Fraser Johnson/MeyGen, via AP)

Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy

Read full article: Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy

Submerged in about 40 meters of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides and generate electricity.

Volunteers carry out search and rescue operations near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Monday, July 7, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman)

The Latest: Massive search for survivors underway after deadly Texas floods

Read full article: The Latest: Massive search for survivors underway after deadly Texas floods

A July Fourth weekend deluge in Texas caused catastrophic flash flooding that has killed at least 89 people.

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