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Voter Registration Battles Continue, City Floodplain Regulations May Hurt Low Income Residents, And More
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Hurricane Harvey
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Hilliard Elementary Returns to Home Campus A Year after Harvey’s Devastation
Posted on · Despite the challenges, Hilliard Elementary turned around its academics last year.
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J.J. Watt Updates How Funds Raised to Help with Harvey Recovery Have Been Used
Posted on · More than 600 homes have been repaired and some have been rebuilt
Hurricane Harvey
Harvey’s Impact on Houston’s Homeless Community
Posted on · A year after the storm, we check in with recovery efforts for the homeless population in the Houston region.
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Federal Authorities Missed Nearly Half of Social Media Distress Calls during Harvey
Posted on · After Harvey, FEMA used rescue requests to map the extent of flooding. Researchers at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research found the agency overlooked thousands of such requests posted on Twitter.
Houston Matters
Artists Use Creativity to Cope with Mental Anguish of Harvey
Posted on · An event in Sugar Land aims to address the mental health aspects of disaster recovery using creative works like visual art, music, and dance.
Hurricane Season
Episode 8: Hurriance Harvey
Posted on · "Hurricane Season" is an eight-episode podcast that explores how major storms going back to 1900 greatly impacted Greater Houston people and policies
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10 Percent of Texans Displaced by Harvey Still Haven’t Gone Home, Survey Says
Posted on · Meanwhile, 15 percent of homes damaged or destroyed by the storm are still unlivable. Yet, FEMA and Texas officials aren't keeping track of how many people remain displaced one year later.
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Vice President Pence Surveys Harvey Recovery in The Texas Coast
Posted on · He is scheduled to visit the Johnson Space Center on Thursday to talk about missions to the Moon and Mars
City of Houston
Turner to Neighborhoods Still Recovering from Harvey: “You Are Not Forgotten”
Posted on · The Mayor says there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of Houstonians still living in flood-damaged homes one year after the storm struck
Hurricane Season
Episode 7: Hurricane Ike
Posted on · "Hurricane Season" is an eight-episode podcast that explores how major storms going back to 1900 greatly impacted Greater Houston people and policies
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Harvey Damaged 100 Percent of Port Aransas Businesses; But The Island Town Is Working Its Way Back
Posted on · “None of us who have lived through this will ever look at the Gulf of Mexico the same way again.”
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Debt, Loss And Faith: How Three Families Are Faring A Year after Hurricane Harvey
Posted on · The deadly storm was indiscriminate during its week of destruction. Texans living in the massive disaster area were thrust into a historic housing recovery effort rife with bureaucratic roadblocks, agonizing financial decisions and still-lingering anxieties.
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She’s Tasked with Emergency Planning at The Port of Corpus Christi; A Year after Harvey, Her Community Continues to Rebuild
Posted on · While Danielle Hale managed the emergency operations center at the Port of Corpus Christi during Hurricane Harvey, her family evacuated their Rockport home. A year later, she and her family continue to help Rockport rebuild, while the port continues to fine-tune its emergency preparedness plans.
Hurricane Season
Episode 6: Hurricane Rita
Posted on · "Hurricane Season" is an eight-episode podcast that explores how major storms going back to 1900 greatly impacted Greater Houston people and policies