Southeast Texas

A tornado reportedly hit in the Deer Park and Pasadena area, according to officials. There was also damage from a reported tornado in Pearland.

An explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Freeport has left nearby residents rattled and is taking a substantial amount of the fuel off the market at a time when global demand is soaring.

More than 400,000 Harris County homes were without power on Tuesday morning. Galveston received about 14 inches of rain, and Houston saw about 6.5 inches. Wind speeds clocked around 45 to 50 mph in the area.

Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early Tuesday as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, drenching storm-battered Louisiana, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and bringing the potential for life-threatening flash floods across the Deep South.

Two pairs of whooping cranes nested on private land in Jefferson and Chambers counties this year. It’s believed to be the first time the endangered birds have nested in Texas since the 1800s.

Sean Skipworth and Jennifer Lawrence were vying to be the next mayor of Dickinson, Texas, but they each ended up with 1,010 votes after a runoff election last month and a recount earlier this week.

A black Texas high school student won’t be allowed to return to school or attend his graduation ceremony unless he cuts his dreadlocks, his family…

A student at Texas A&M University is being tested for possible infection with the new coronavirus, officials at the Brazos County Health District said…

A woman’s killing by multiple feral hogs outside of a rural Texas home where she worked as a caretaker was a rare deadly attack by the animals,…

Scientists have released the most detailed look yet at where and how the U.S. government helps residents retreat from flood-prone areas. Climate change is making such questions more urgent.

Five deaths are linked to floods from Tropical Storm Imelda, the worst storm in Texas since Hurricane Harvey and one of the wettest tropical cyclones in…

Fifty-one people in Texas have developed symptoms of severe lung illness after vaping, according to data posted Friday by the Texas Department of State...