Hurricane Delta Hits Mexican Coast With Dangerous Storm Surge October 7, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast of Mexico, but remains life-threatening. Delta...
$215M in BP Oil Spill Money to Restore Louisiana Marshes October 1, 2020 BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana will get nearly $215 million in BP oil spill money for two projects planned to...
Close Call With Storm Renews Debate Over Houston Barrier September 24, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano GALVESTON, Texas — Houston, a Gulf Coast city that barely rises above sea level, has long worried about a worst-case...
Tropical Storm Sally Drenches South With ‘Historic’ Flooding September 17, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Sally unleashed “historic” flooding across Florida and Alabama, where it made landfall earlier Wednesday, and will likely cause...
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...
Energy Firms Tally Hurricane Damage, Plot Restarts as Laura Races North August 27, 2020 By Erwin Seba and Laila Kearney U.S. energy companies on Thursday were organizing crews and beginning to review offshore Gulf of Mexico platforms and assess damage...
Laura Strengthens to Category 4, Threatens Refineries August 27, 2020 By Jim Sams Five major oil refineries that produce 10 percent of the U.S. supply lie within a zone where catastrophic damage is...
Hanna’s Rain Remains Biggest Threat to Virus Hot Spot Texas July 27, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano and John L. Mone CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — South Texas braced for flooding Sunday after Hanna roared ashore as a hurricane the day before,...
Tornado Spawned by Tropical Storm Nestor Damages Florida Homes October 21, 2019 By Brendan Farrington and Terry Spencer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A tornado spawned by Tropical Storm Nestor damaged homes and a school in central Florida but the...
Flooded Mississippi a Threat as Hurricane Season Heats Up August 15, 2019 By Jeff Martin and Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS — The river that drains much of the flood-soaked United States is still running far higher than normal,...