Climate change is being felt across Texas, from brutal summers and numerous tornadoes to high-speed winds and devastating floods. In 2025, climate change is not a distant, future concern, instead, it is a problem directly affecting the present. Denton must begin implementing local environmental policies and take initiative against climate threats.
According to CBS News and Fox Weather, as recently as June 8, Denton County witnessed a thunderstorm with prominent lightning and brutal 80-mile-per-hour winds around the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Some of these winds damaged impoverished areas and homes all around the Lone Star State. These types of storms and floods are not just happening around Denton but also around Collin County.
According to The Dallas Morning News, Denton County is recording its 50th wettest January through May in around 131 years, citing erratic precipitation patterns and causing significant flooding in the area. Combining that with the massive storms and constant tornado warnings in the area, Denton is a hotspot for climate change’s impact and will only worsen in the coming months as summer fully begins…