heatwave

A dark-colored SUV plows into a massive puddle of water, spewing from broken pipes at the sidewalk near an urban Texas apartment building in Houston, one of many severe water leaks requiring repairs during the heatwave.

Record Summer Heat Causes Costly Damage to State Water Infrastructure

Conservationists are frustrated as cities contend with thousands of costly leaks as dry soil contracts, causing underground pipes to rupture.

by Dylan Baddour

As Springs Dry Up, a Warning of Future Water Shortages

by Dylan Baddour

Isolation Makes Heat Waves More Deadly

by Akielly Hu, Grist

Fighting for Breaks on Multiple Fronts

by Michelle Pitcher