Home Smashed: For One Family, Hurricane Laura the Third Strike August 31, 2020 By Nomaan Merchant HACKBERRY, La. — Bradley Beard calls Hurricane Laura his third strike. In 2005, Rita pushed a foot of floodwaters into...
Laura Is Poised to Become a ‘Catastrophic’ Category 4 Hurricane August 26, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Laura is set to slam into the U.S. Gulf Coast early Thursday as an extremely powerful Category 4 storm,...
One Square Kilometer of Wetlands Worth $1.8M in Storm Damage Prevention March 3, 2020 By Eric Roston U.S. protection of wetlands has expanded and contracted dramatically over the last five years, as Democratic and Republican administrations rewrote...
Judge: Army Corps Not Responsible for Harvey Flooding Damage February 21, 2020 HOUSTON — A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable to damage to thousands of...
U.S. Forecasters Predict Near Average 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season May 23, 2019 U.S. forecasters expect the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1 to be near average in the number and intensity...
Houston Marks Harvey Anniversary With Flood Control Vote August 27, 2018 By JUAN A. LOZANO Voters in Houston and its surrounding county were marking Saturday’s anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by deciding whether to...
US Awards $18.5B in Disaster Recovery Grants to Puerto Rico April 12, 2018 The U.S. government announced Tuesday that it will award $18.5 billion worth of disaster recovery grants to Puerto Rico to...
Hurricane Cristina Strengthens to Cat 4 Storm June 13, 2014 Hurricane Cristina has rapidly strengthened to a major Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds...
Hurricane Amanda Remains a Category 4 Storm May 27, 2014 Hurricane Amanda remains a powerful Category 4 storm far of Mexico’s Pacific coast but is expected to begin weakening. The...