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Aerial images of the Bridgeland master-planned community in Cypress, showing a 2025 image transposed over a 2016 photo.

Before-and-after satellite images show Houston's suburban boom

The images show the six Houston neighborhoods that have changed the most in the last decade due to rapid development.

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Southeast Texas is under a tornado watch until 6 p.m. Wednesday, as indicated by counties highlighted in yellow across Southeast Texas and Lousiana.

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Tornado watch issued for Houston area until 6 p.m.

The tornado watch was issued as storms capable of wind damage, hail and tornadoes move into the region today.

Weather timeline: Here's when today's storms will become more severe

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a primary election night event hosted by the Young Conservatives of Texas and the Texas Young Republicans at Cedar Door Patio Bar & Grill in Austin on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Abbott is seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

Photo by: Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman

Greg Abbott says Texas may 'take over' Corpus Christi due to major water crisis

The threat comes after a months-long feud between the Republican governor and city leaders over plans to fix their burgeoning water crisis.

Texas Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico addresses supporters at his election night watch party in South Austin Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

Photo by: Mikala Compton, Austin American-Statesman

Abbott, Trump lead the attacks on Senate Democratic hopeful James Talarico

From his stances on gender-affirming care to his statement that "God is nonbinary," Republicans are looking to define James Talarico early in Texas' U.S. Senate race.

Houston's Ben Taub Hospital is planning to expand into a 100-year floodplain.

Photo by: Photo By John Shapley, Graphic By Caroline Ghisolfi / Houston Chronicle, Map By Caroline Ghisolfi / Houston Chronicle

Texas laws prohibit new hospitals in 100-year floodplains. Ben Taub is trying to expand into one.

The planned expansion would lie completely within a mapped 100-year floodplain, meaning it carries a 1% chance of flooding in any given year.

Federal agents reported about 54,000 arrests in Texas during Trump's first nine months in office, compared to about 23,000 under Biden in a similar nine-month period.

Photo by: Aileen Clarke, Houston Chronicle

Trump promised to deport hardened criminals, but data shows who ICE is more likely to target

ICE arrests surged in Texas in Trump's early months — but the share of people with criminal convictions fell significantly, despite the president's claims his crackdown effort would go after the "worst of the worst."

Food

A staff member lights a candle outside Noma restaurant in Copenhagen on May 1, 2012. Denmark's Noma restaurant has been named the best in the world for a third year running in an international survey that also gave top rankings to establishments in Spain, Brazil and Italy.

Photo by: KELD NAVNTOFT, AFP Via Getty Images

Why Noma's $1,500 dinner and scandal matter to Houston restaurants

Houston chefs reflect on Noma's $1,500 L.A. dinner and abuse allegations against René Redzepi — and what it reveals about restaurant culture. Read More

Yoakum Trading Co.at NRG in Houston on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Photo by: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle

Why the Houston rodeo's iconic turkey leg now costs $21.50

At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, few foods are as iconic as a massive, slow-smoked turkey leg — even with its $21.50 price tag. Read More

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Politics

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to the press, acknowledging he will face a run-off with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race for U.S. Senate after the Texas Republican primary election, March 3, 2026 at the Austin Marriott Downtown in Austin, Texas.

Photo by: Sara Diggins, Austin American-Statesman

Opinion

The streets of Meyerland are full of water, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston.

Photo by: Mark Mulligan, Staff Photographer / Mark Mulligan / Houston Chronicle

Houston's flood maps changed. So did my peace of mind. | Opinion

Putting down roots in Houston and Harris County comes with the implicit understanding that, in any given year, floodwaters may inundate them, columnist and editorial writer Nick Powell writes.