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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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These floods do not come from nowhere. They are an effect of larger historical, structural, and environmental processes.
Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.
Fear and reticence spread in Fort Worth as Sally Mann’s nude photos of her children were held as police evidence.
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
Drought has hollowed out Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South Texas demands the water it’s owed.
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These floods do not come from nowhere. They are an effect of larger historical, structural, and environmental processes.
Fear and reticence spread in Fort Worth as Sally Mann’s nude photos of her children were held as police evidence.
Fear and reticence spread in Fort Worth as Sally Mann’s nude photos of her children were held as police evidence.