$76 Million In Corporate Harvey Relief Pledges Unredeemed
Millions of dollars in corporate pledges for relief to Hurricane Harvey victims are still unredeemed two months after the storm clobbered the upper Texas Gulf coast.
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Millions of dollars in corporate pledges for relief to Hurricane Harvey victims are still unredeemed two months after the storm clobbered the upper Texas Gulf coast.
The last two months have tested the resolve of a lot of people in Houston who say they are better for it. "Better neighbor, better husband, better Astro fan," says Ornelas.
The Houston Texans defensive end will divide $30.15 million of the donations between Americares, Feeding America, SBP and Save the Children.
A Houston suburb has removed a requirement from a hurricane repair grant program that homeowners must agree to not boycott Israel as a condition of receiving money.
President Trump heaped praise on Texas' response to Hurricane Harvey.
Health officials say the death of a 31-year-old Galveston man is the result of Hurricane Harvey because he was doing repair work to clean up from the storm when he contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection.
HUD hopes Texas can begin meeting unmet housing needs in 13 Harvey-affected counties by mid-December.
One of the world's biggest reinsurers estimates Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, plus two recent earthquakes in Mexico will cost the industry about $95 billion.
Mayor Charles "C.J." Wax said Tuesday that only about 300 businesses out of the 1,300 in Rockport have reopened since Harvey came ashore in August.
Newly released emergency calls from a sweltering Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning to Hurricane Irma showed staffers becoming increasingly agitated by a disaster that would eventually claim 14 elderly lives.
Inmates serving time in Texas prisons have also found a way to help those impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
Rental housing has been a concern in many cities in Texas and Florida after hurricanes Harvey and Irma flooded tens of thousands of homes.
A source tells CBS11, Governor Abbott felt let down by Texas Republicans in the House for a lack of leadership and for not fighting hard enough for Harvey relief.
Hurricane Ophelia is moving northeastwards far out over the Atlantic Ocean.
The EPA approved a plan to remove sediments laced with highly toxic dioxin from a partially submerged Superfund site near Houston damaged during Hurricane Harvey.
Opera singer Placido Domingo has announced he will match $50,000 in donations to relief efforts following an earthquake in Mexico and a hurricane in Puerto Rico.
Nate slogged its way across the U.S. East Coast on Monday, dumping heavy rains and bringing gusty winds to inland states as a tropical depression.
Thousands of Houston-area residents still recovering from financial hardships caused by flooding from Harvey nearly six weeks ago lined up outside the city's convention center on Friday to meet the application deadline for state disaster food relief benefits.
The U.S. lost 33,000 jobs in September after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit Texas, Florida and other Southeastern states. It was the first decline in six years.
All five living former U.S. presidents will attend a hurricane relief concert at Texas A&M University later this month.
The governor of Louisiana is boosting the size of loans available to small businesses damaged by last year's flooding and extending the deadline for applications.
The Red Cross reported it has authorized payments of $400 in direct financial help to each of more than 380,000 households affected by the storm, amounting to a total of more than $150 million.
The White House has asked Congress for $29 billion in disaster aid to cover ongoing hurricane relief and recovery efforts.
The Deep from the Heart of Texas concert will feature Alabama, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen and Lee Greenwood.
The Harvey relief fund established by Houston's top elected leaders has issued its first grants, giving out $7.5 million to 28 organizations with an emphasis on getting people still displaced by the storm into temporary housing.
