A group of volunteer rescuers from Mexico comb through flood debris outside of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.
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Why Texas Is So Vulnerable to Climate Disasters
As its population grows and climate change causes more extreme weather events, the state is likely to suffer more losses in the coming decades.
Texas is reeling from floods that have killed more than 130 people and caused an estimated $18 billion to $22 billion in damage.
It’s the latest in a string of climate disasters to hit the state hard, including 2017’s Hurricane Harvey, which left Houston underwater, the 2021 deep freeze that knocked out the state’s power grid, and multiple severe weather outbreaks last year that caused billions of dollars in losses.