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The last two weeks have brought rain, and lots of it, to parts of North, Central and East Texas.The back-to-back storms fell on heavily saturated soil, which meant the water wasn’t absorbed and instead flooded.It’s a stark contrast to the consecutive years of drought the state has faced.“April and May are usually wet months for Texas, but we’ve been hit with such severe drought over the last two years that I think we forgot how wet it can get,” said Tracy Tomascik, Texas Farm Bureau associate director of Commodity and Regulatory Activities.“These storms brought a substantial amount of rain, leading ...

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