While Texas and New Mexico are seeing historic and deadly flash flooding, some may be asking: Why should the Bay Area care? Meteorologist Roberta Gonzales explains.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.

The Andrews County site is about 350 miles west of Dallas, near the Texas-New Mexico state line. The New Mexico facility would be in Lea County, in the southeastern part of the state near Carlsbad.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, are leading bipartisan opposition to the facilities in their states.

The toxic water that gushes out of oil wells in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico has spurred environmental concerns ...

The Supreme Court has restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico. This is not a final ruling but removes a major roadblock.

This weekend, the Midwest, Texas, and New Mexico are bracing for more storms, following a series of severe weather events. The regions have already been hard-hit by recent storms, causing significant ...

While the Gulf is far less prone to tsunamis than the Pacific, experts say it’s not entirely out of the question.