The Galveston Hurricane and Harvey are similar in many respects ... Both cities are on islands a few miles off the Texas coast. One critical differences between the two hurricanes lies in what ...

Hurricane Harvey, which the New York Times ... because oil was discovered in Houston soon afterwards, Galveston never really recovered. Texas’ economic momentum shifted, and Galveston became ...

151; -- A startling image of elderly women in a Texas nursing home surrounded by ... prompted an emergency evacuation of the facility. Galveston County Commissioner Ken Clark told ABC News that ...

Hurricane Harvey is poised to deliver a catastrophic flooding blow to Texas after putting on an ... and Matagorda a 23% chance. Galveston and Brownsville had much lower odds: 5% and 3%, respectively.

151; -- Hurricane Harvey tore through the state of Texas over the weekend ... more than 2,000 multi-person rescues in the Houston-Galveston area as of Monday morning. There have been more than ...

Hurricane Harvey, which generated massive ... are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Galveston Bay is the largest bay on the Texas coast and one of the largest in the U.S ...

Abbott said Hurricane Harvey was going to prove "more dangerous ... of its cruise ships will not return to the Port of Galveston, Texas, as scheduled. Carnival Freedom and Carnival Valor are ...

Officials in Galveston are extending mandatory hurricane evacuation notices from 36 to 60 hours in advance of the weather due ...

A major hurricane could shut down one of the country’s largest energy and petrochemical hubs. But a decadeslong effort to ...