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Hurricane Harvey

I Was an Army COVID Planner. Trust Me: Texas Is F*cked.

COVICANE

Things are pretty bad right now in the Lone Star State. But the real pain is likely to come during hurricane season, when as many as 19 named storms are projected to hit.

Kris Alexander | Published Jul 19, 2020

At Least Four Dead in Texas in Wake of Tropical Storm Imelda

HELL OR HIGH WATER

The tropical storm has been compared to Hurricane Harvey, which devastated the area two years ago.

Barbie Latza Nadeau | Published Sep 21, 2019

Texas Flooding From Imelda ‘Worse Than Harvey’: Officials

HIGH WATER MARK

Hundreds of rescues underway, hospital evacuated with some spots seeing 30 inches of rain so far, and one with 5 inches just this morning outside Houston.

Olivia Messer | Published Sep 19, 2019

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Congress Probes EPA Block of NASA Tracking Toxic Harvey Air

BLOCKED

Space agency offered to help track toxic air pollution.

Jamie Ross | Published Mar 07, 2019

Study: Post-Hurricane Relief Less ‘Generous’ for Puerto Rico

PLAYING FAVORITES?

A study found that Puerto Rico got less funding, personnel, and supplies than Texas and Florida after hurricanes hit the respective regions.

Reporter Sues Energy Company Over Hurricane Harvey Incident

TRAGIC

He is accusing CenterPoint Energy of negligence for failing to turn off power lines.

FEMA: We Were Unprepared for Hurricane Maria

OUR BAD

The agency said it “could have better anticipated” the impact hurricanes Maria and Irma would have on Puerto Rico.

Report: Post-Harvey, Officials Kept Homes in Flood Zones

DANGER ZONE

One home has flooded 22 times since 1979.

Trump: Texans Went ‘Out in Boats to Watch’ Hurricane Harvey

HUH?

The Coast Guard had to rescue 16,000 people because residents wanted a glimpse of the storm, according to the president.

Have We Goaded Mother Earth Into Becoming an Angry Parent?

DIRE WARNING

N.K. Jemisen’s award-winning sci fi trilogy paints a grim picture of an Earth so angered by environmental destruction, it turns on humans. Lately it reads like a weather report.

Marianne Schaefer Trench | Published Nov 24, 2017

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