COVER: A stiff wind strains a drought-parched tree in Austwell. PHOTO by LANCE CHEUNG/USDA

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by MOSE BUCHELE

Increasingly hot summers and new extreme weather patterns have helped activists raise awareness of climate change. But in Texas, weather that once would have been considered extreme has become commonplace. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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MOSE BUCHELE reports for StateImpact Texas and KUT News, where this story was originally broadcast. It is made available here through a news partnership between the Texas Tribune and the San Marcos Mercury.