Windows are still falling from skyscrapers in downtown Houston after a historic wind storm whipped through the city last week. And days after the disaster, more than 140,000 customers in the area remain without power. Most of those homes and …
Temperatures will soar across Texas this week, increasing demand for energy as people switch on air conditioning to cool down. The heat will also spread across the Midwest and Northeast, with the potential for record warm overnight low temperatures from …
HARRIS COUNTY — After the floodwaters earlier this month just about swallowed two of the six homes that 60-year-old Tom Madigan owns on the San Jacinto River, he didn’t think twice about whether to fix them. He hired people to …
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week received some good news as officials said power was restored Sunday to a majority of the hundreds of thousands who had been left in the dark and without …
The destructive windstorm that blew out windows in downtown Houston and left hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents without power caused upwards of $5-7 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to preliminary estimates by AccuWeather. Thousands of …
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas, the U.S. Coast …
HOUSTON (AP) — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and scorching temperatures that could …
Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of JHC Insurance Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency serving the Victoria community and beyond. Rooted in the values of independence and client-focused service, JHC Insurance Agency, Inc. has become a key player in …
The explosion that rocked Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s Galveston Bay oil refinery one year ago trapped Rigoberto Guillen 75 feet in the air. Stranded on a metal platform, he and a colleague crouched low as black smoke engulfed them. “I couldn’t …
A line of dangerous storms and flooding rains rolled over the US Gulf Coast, killing at least four people and leaving more than 800,000 customers in Texas — about 6% of the total — without power while grounding hundreds of …
