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Maria Mendez

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Reporter @TexasTribune writing explainers & resource guides. Past: K-12 reporter @Statesman. Hablo español. She/her. Kermit memes fan.
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Here’s how to find information about data centers in Texas

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By Maria Mendez Verified, Taylor Goldenstein Verified, Emily Foxhall Verified, Taylor Goldenstein, Alejandra Martinez Verified, Chris Essig Verified
| MYSA Verified
Construction continues on the Meta Platforms data center complex on a 1,000-acre site in far Northeast El Paso, near the Texas-New Mexico state line, as seen March 12, 2026. Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times/USA TODAY Network via REUTERS This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Data center proposals are sprouting up in neighborhoods all across the state. And Texans have questions.
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Where to find flooding resources and how to help impacted Texans

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By Maria Mendez Verified, Juliana Lightsey
| WOAI-TV (San Antonio, TX) Verified
Days of heavy rainfall have set off flash flooding, emergency rescues and warnings across southwest Texas and the Hill Country. At least two people have died, according to Gov. Greg Abbott, and officials had made more than 230 rescues as of Thursday. Edwards, Real, northern Uvalde and western Kerr counties saw several additional inches of rain from overnight storms, and overflow remains a concern for the Guadalupe, Nueces and Pedernales rivers due to saturated ground.
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Where to find flooding resources and how to help impacted Texans Original

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By Maria Mendez Verified, Juliana Lightsey
| Texas Tribune Verified
Hours of heavy rainfall have set off flash flooding, emergency rescues and warnings across southwest Texas and the Hill Country on July 16. At least one person has died, according to Gov. Greg Abbott, and more than 70 others rescued as of Thursday morning. National Weather Service forecasters said the rain would ease in the afternoon but cautioned that another round of storms is expected to develop overnight across parts of the Hill Country.
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