The House backed President Donald Trump’s request for billions more in disaster aid, $16 billion to pay flood insurance claims and emergency funding to help the cash-strapped government of Puerto Rico stay afloat. Thursday’s hurricane aid package totals $36.5 billion …
My heart goes out to the people who have borne the brunt of Hurricane Harvey and still face continued flooding and a long recovery. As a nation, we need to be better prepared for such catastrophic floods so as to …
Officials released more water from Houston-area reservoirs overwhelmed by Harvey early Monday in a move aimed at protecting the city’s downtown from devastating floods but that could still endanger thousands of homes, even as the nation’s fourth-largest city anticipated more …
Texas farmers are assessing damage caused by Hurricane Harvey after it slammed into the coast, knocking over grain storage tanks and damaging cotton crops. At least 100 cotton storage modules – capable of holding 13 to 15 bales – blew …
Shoring up the Houston area’s defenses against the scourge, the inevitability, of flooding in a city built on a swamp has been Mike Talbott’s “one and only career.” The Houston Chronicle reports as a young engineer, a project manager, the …
In 18 years, Southeast Texas resident Art Myrick says he’s been ordered or asked to evacuate his home near the Brazos River about 20 times, but he didn’t always do so and the house never flooded – until now. Flooding …
A Southeast Texas school district where flooding swamped an elementary school with 5 feet of water faces an estimated $12 million in losses and little insurance coverage, an administrator said Wednesday. Deweyville Independent School District Superintendent Kevin Clark remained upbeat …
Authorities say heavy October rains damaged hundreds of homes extending from the Austin area down into South Texas. Travis County emergency officials said in a statement that more than 330 properties were damaged in flooding last week. About 160 homes …
Damage from Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever measured in the Western Hemisphere, may cost the U.S. billions from floods, even after the storm spared the largest cities in Mexico. Flooding in Texas may lead to more than $3 billion in …
An estimated 7,000 to 10,000 insured vehicles sustained water damage as a result of the recent flooding in Texas. That’s the current estimate from Copart, a company that works on behalf of insurers to handle the vehicles damaged in catastrophes. …