Sanitation crews that service marinas around Clear Lake, which is located on the Texas coast, estimated that about 140 people currently live on boats full time in the area.

The National Weather Service says storm chances will increase late this week and continue into early next week as a cold front and low-pressure system move toward South Central Texas.

Public hearings on the rate hikes are scheduled for April 7 and May 5.

One disturbance arrives Wednesday, while the other could emerge sometime before the weekend.

A high in the lower 90s was expected in the city by afternoon on Thursday.

After catastrophic flooding claimed 117 lives and reshaped the Guadalupe River, volunteers and biologists are planting thousands of native cuttings along its banks, marking a turning point in the long work of restoration.

Highs will push close to 80 on Wednesday.

All signs point to an early spring.

The funds are part of the department’s local parks grant program. During the last legislative session, about $60 million was allocated to TPWD for local parks in House Bill 500.

More than a dozen health and environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its rollback of a rule that fought climate change. The “endangerment finding”, states that the buildup of heat-trapping pollution in the atmosphere endangers public health. The rollback is widely seen as a major setback to efforts to combat the climate crisis.