Shell, Exxon Say Some Pollution Released As Storm Hit Texas
Pollutants have been released from refineries operated by Exxon, Shell and other companies as torrential rains damaged storage tanks and other industrial facilities on the Texas Coast.
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Pollutants have been released from refineries operated by Exxon, Shell and other companies as torrential rains damaged storage tanks and other industrial facilities on the Texas Coast.
With a new school year dawning, education officials are grappling with whether to remove the names, images and statues of Confederate figures from public schools — especially since some are now filled with students of color.
Schools across Houston and parts of Texas' Gulf Coast will remain shuttered through Labor Day — and probably much longer — because their buildings and surrounding infrastructure will require extensive repairs even after Harvey's unprecedented floodwaters subside.
While live rescues from Houston's swift floodwaters flicker on television screens around the world, Hurricane Harvey's first victims in the coastal city of Rockport pluck through what's left of their soggy belongings searching for treasured keepsakes.
The National Hurricane Center says Harvey is back on land after coming ashore early Wednesday just west of Cameron, Louisiana. The tropical storm is expected to weaken and continue to the north.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has imposed a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew.
Infant Sophia Gutierrez was waiting for surgery in Corpus Christi, when Hurricane Harvey intervened.
He survived Hurricane Katrina, and says Harvey was "scarier."
The child was responsive but suffering from hypothermia; the mother was unresponsive and efforts to revive her failed.
The images of loss and despair in Houston fall especially hard on the hearts of Gladys and Christopher Bloom of Allen.
An additional 659 evacuees are now being housed inside the city's three other shelters, which are just about full.
As part of the State and Dallas County Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, Trusted World has begun mobilizing.
Rising above the chaos of Harvey, an army of volunteers are flocking to the coast, with boats to save people stranded in their homes.
Game proceeds, representing contributions by both clubs and the players, will be put toward relief and recovery along the Texas Gulf Coast.
The officer was not hurt. The woman's condition is not yet known.
