Posted on · A particularly active Atlantic hurricane season has left no more names on the official list for the year. Forecasters had expected between 13 and 20 storms, but the newly formed Wanda makes 21.
Posted on · Wind speeds reached 50 mph in Galveston after the storm made landfall along Matagorda Bay just after midnight, before slowly travelling Northeast.
Posted on · A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat.
Posted on · The Category 4 storm hit Sunday with winds of 150 mph. It was the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.
Posted on · Also known as the "Ike Dike," plans to build a coastal storm barrier have been in the works since Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston in 2008. Now, the project is taking another step forward.
Posted on · Normal protocols for hurricane evacuation, aid distribution and recovery have been upended by the threat of the coronavirus.
Posted on · Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia said the Ike Dike alone, when or if it’s built, wouldn’t be enough to guard against the effects of a direct hit from a hurricane.
Posted on · The Category 4 storm had threatened the Texas-Louisiana coast all week. But the storm spared Greater Houston and most of Southeast Texas after its last-minute turn east.
Posted on · Trump said the campaign briefly considered postponing his convention speech, but he will now continue as planned and visit Texas and Louisiana over the weekend.
Posted on · Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday the impact of Hurricane Laura "could've been much worse," noting that storm surge was much less severe than projected.
Posted on · The plant complex makes chlorine for swimming pools.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Hurricane Laura's impact on Houston, Beaumont, and surrounding areas, how to assess storm damage on your property, and the weather complicates pandemic recovery efforts.
Posted on · The shelter should open either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.
Posted on · In Kemah and surrounding Galveston Bay areas, residents are used to storm surge.
Posted on · Local officials in Texas and Louisiana have asked hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate as Hurricane Laura headed for the Gulf Coast. But some residents say they can't afford to leave.