WHARTON, TX – As the Colorado River continues to rise in Wharton, the city remains under a voluntary evacuation, but its mayor is still urging more than 1,000 residents living on the west side ...

WHARTON, TX (KTRK) -- The Colorado River is quickly swallowing neighborhoods on the west side of Wharton. It crested overnight at 48.29 feet which is the 4th highest crest on record. That's the ...

A toy car floats down the street in a Warton neighborhood as the Colorado River rises on Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Wharton. Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle ...

WHARTON, Texas – A mandatory evacuation is underway on Monday in parts of Wharton due to rising water on the Colorado River. The evacuation has been issued for the area bounded on the west by ...

“Since the 1998 floods, the city of Wharton has been working tirelessly with the Army Corps of Engineers on the Colorado River Flood Reduction Project and this outfall is only one small piece of ...

WHARTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Wharton County Sheriff Shanon Srubar says residents in Orchard and Peach Creek Acres should be ready to evacuate at sunrise, but not anytime before that. Road ...

The reservoir in Wharton County, about 150 miles downriver of Austin, will catch runoff and rain falling on the Colorado River watershed downstream of Austin and make it available to farmers.

WHARTON, TX . The Business 59 bridge over the Colorado River was shut down by the Department of Transportation about nine months ago after a study showed it is in severe need of a repair.

The region of Texas where flash flooding killed more than 90 people -- including dozens of campers -- is known for its ...