Board OKs Rebuilding 4 Houston Schools Ravaged By Harvey
The Houston school district board has voted to demolish and rebuild four elementary schools severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey floods.
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The Houston school district board has voted to demolish and rebuild four elementary schools severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey floods.
J.J. Watt raised more than $37 million for Hurricane Harvey relief and Jose Altuve led the Houston Astros to their first World Series title, both giving hope to the city as it continues to pick up the pieces from the devastating storm.
The poll is another indication of how families along the Texas coast continue struggling in wake of the Category 4 storm, which left Houston underwater and killed more than 80 people.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says nearly 894,000 people in Texas met this week's deadline to register for federal disaster assistance to help them recover from Hurricane Harvey.
Thursday was the last day of an intense and destructive hurricane season with 17 named storms, 10 of which became hurricanes.
Insurance experts say some private owners and car lots will try to sell those flood cars to unsuspecting buyers without disclosing the car's dangerous past.
Hundreds of day laborers have quietly become an integral part of the recovery from Harvey, toiling in dangerous conditions amid the fear of being picked up by immigration authorities.
Some people are gathering at churches that have held large meals for people displaced by the storm and volunteers spending the holiday away from their families to help rebuild.
Federal investigators say a chemical plant that flooded and partially exploded during Hurricane Harvey wasn't ready for the storm.
The Harvey relief fund promoted by top elected officials in Houston says it's given out $28.9 million in grants to a range of groups.
"It's right in our backyard and we want to make certain the people affected are not forgotten," says Greg Wyman.
One of the lawsuits is against Big Willy's which has locations south/southwest the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The business is said to have charged $3.99 and $4.99 per gallon of unleaded gasoline at numerous stations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday called for doubling the state's unarmed guard forces, which were stretched thin by Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath.
Hodge says his church is now running low on money, after spending more than $60,000 on food and supplies for 17 people during September and October.
When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied aid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it comes time to repair or rebuild their damaged sanctuaries.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday he raised concerns with the American Red Cross following Hurricane Harvey that hundreds of millions of dollars in donations wasn't getting to people who need it.
Fuel City's appearance on a list of gas stations suspected of price-gouging came as a surprise, both to customers and to the company itself.
The Red Cross collected more than $400 million in Harvey relief donations alone, but some donors and flood victims are asking where all the money has gone.
More than 100 gas stations around the state have been served notice and most of them are in North Texas.
The Governor says on November 15th, the Trump administration will submit to Congress, a supplemental budget, which will include money for Texas.
Texas needs $61-plus billion in federal funding just to rebuild public infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey, as well as to cover projects to prevent future flooding.
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says the U.S. is spending more than $200 million each day on the response to three major hurricanes and huge wildfires.
A judge has blocked Houston's public housing authority from evicting residents of a senior-living apartment complex that was damaged by heavy rains following Hurricane Harvey.
The state of Texas has formally notified 127 gas stations that they were guilty of price gouging during the Hurricane Harvey emergency.
The Texas AG's office said Monday, all of the cases involve consumer complaints against gas stations that allegedly charged $3.99 or higher for a gallon of unleaded gasoline or diesel.
