Texas drought kills up to half a billion treesThe tree loss is in urban and rural areas and represents as much as 10 percent of all the trees in the state. The figure does not include trees killed in wildfires that have scorched an estimated 4 million acres in Texas since the beginning of 2011.

Texas drought kills up to half a billion trees
The tree loss is in urban and rural areas and represents as much as 10 percent of all the trees in the state. The figure does not include trees killed in wildfires that have scorched an estimated 4 million acres in Texas since the beginning of 2011.