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

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage using a ...

Houston officials plan to spend $0 on housing repairs after Beryl and the derecho, directing disaster funds to emergency ...

Major changes made this week by the Trump administration at the nation’s top weather and disaster response agencies could have an outsized effect on Houston and Southeast Texas as we prepare for ...

Both travelers and coastal residents will see improvements to popular Texas beaches and dunes, which will be a boon to ...

At UTHealth Houston's McGovern Medical School in the Texas Medical Center ... system has held strong through recent storms like Hurricane Harvey, the team continues to refine protocols, including ...

Since Tropical Storm Harvey, Orange County, along with its drainage district and cities has been working to increase the size ...

When a hurricane causes extreme damage or loss of life, its name is retired from future use out of respect and to avoid ...

Damage from Hurricane Harvey to a mobile home park along Lamar Beach Road, ... HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 26: Rain from Hurricane Harvey batters the downtown area on August 26, 2017 in Houston, Texas ...

Inside the University of Miami's SUSTAIN Laboratory, scientists are creating Category 5 hurricanes on demand in the world's ...

As the temperatures rose across Louisiana during Memorial Day weekend, the heat index, a measure of air temperature and ...

With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide in 2023. The agency began encouraging cities, towns and counties ...