North Texas Storms Welcome During Wildfires
FORT WORTH (AP) – Thousands of homes and businesses have lost electricity as North Texas thunderstorms brought some soggy relief from wildfires and drought. Dallas-based Oncor reported more than 7,900...
View ArticleNew La Nina Watch Issued, Worrying Parched Texas
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Climatologists say the La Nina weather conditions that contributed to the drought affecting most of Texas may re-occur later this year and prolong the misery for the state’s farmers...
View ArticleTexas Drought May Persist For Another Year
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The drought that has turned Texas and parts of the Plains into a parched moonscape of cracked earth could persist into next year, prolonging the misery of farmers and ranchers who...
View ArticleTexas Drought Will Harm Wildlife For Years
CANADIAN (AP) - In a muddy pile of sand where a pond once flowed in the Texas Panhandle, dead fish, their flesh already decayed and feasted on by maggots, lie with their mouths open. Nearby, deer munch...
View ArticleTexas Drought Recalls Long, Punishing Stretch Of 1950s
FORT WORTH (AP) – After enduring nearly a year of drought, Texans have grown accustomed to seeing acres of withered crops, scores of dried-up ponds and mile after mile of cracked earth. But the drought...
View ArticleClimate Experts Meet To Discuss Epic Texas Drought
FORT WORTH (AP) - Federal and state weather forecasters and climate experts are getting together to brainstorm about the epic 2011 Texas drought and what weather trends might signal for the future....
View Article2012 Comes In Like A Lamb
QUIET WEATHER WEEK We are looking at a benign weather pattern for North Texas over the next week or so. The storm track is staying well to the north, keeping us with ample sunshine and rain-free...
View ArticleJanuary Outlook
After a wet, cloudy December, the past week has been quite the opposite. We’ve seen plenty of sunshine and no precipitation. La Niña is showing its hand. Here is the outlook from the Climate...
View ArticleToo Early To Write Off Winter
It is tempting to think that after going 2/3 of the way through Winter without a major Arctic outbreak or ice storm that we can slide through the last 1/3 without any cares. But I would caution that...
View ArticleSpring Showers Could Spare Texas Scorching Summer
LUBBOCK (AP) – Spring showers that fell across Texas this year will likely spare the Lone Star State a second straight record-setting summer of heat and drought. Texas got an estimated 8.5 inches of...
View ArticleChances Lessen For Wetter, Cooler Texas Winter
LUBBOCK (AP) – Forecasters are no longer saying that Texas will have a wetter and cooler winter. That’s what weather officials said in July. But since then El Nino has weakened from stronger than usual...
View ArticleHarvey-Damaged Columbus Replica Ship In South Texas For Sale
CORPUS CHRISTI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A South Texas city has begun the process to sell a Hurricane Harvey-damaged replica of one of the ships used by Christopher Columbus to reach the New World. Corpus...
View ArticleDeadline Extended To Help Restore Harvey-Damaged La Nina
CORPUS CHRISTI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Texas city has extended a deadline to find someone to preserve and restore a Hurricane Harvey-damaged replica of a ship used by explorer Christopher Columbus. Corpus...
View ArticleChristopher Columbus Sailing Ship Replica Sinks Again In Texas
A docked replica of a Christopher Columbus ship that sank in 2017 days after Hurricane Harvey struck Texas has gone under again.
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