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Outdated Models, Rising Droughts | San Antonio News
Corpus Christi narrowly avoided a water catastrophe this year as reservoirs hit record lows, exposing the dangerous flaw in Texas’s outdated water planning models—built on 1950s drought data and now failing to account for climate change’s intensifying, longer-lasting droughts. Local officials lacked funding to update projections before state deadlines, leaving communities blindsided despite warning signs. While recent rains eased the crisis, the real emergency is systemic: Texas must overhaul its forecasting tools to prepare for a hotter, drier future—or risk repeating this near-miss. Listen…
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