Houstonians whose homes were flooded when runoff from Tropical Storm Harvey backed up behind two dams built and managed by the Army Corps of Engineers urged a federal judge Wednesday to let their takings claims proceed.
Read moreHurricane Harvey cost many Houstonians their homes after days of pouring rain flooded the city, but for one family, infrastructure failures during the storm cost them their son.
Read moreAn island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria.
Read moreTwo companies reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove cancer-causing pollutants from a Houston riverbank, a deal spurred by damage Hurricane Harvey did to caps containing the toxins.
Read moreIn what Houston’s mayor called a defining moment for the city, the City Council passed an amendment Wednesday that mandates stricter height requirements for homes and buildings within flood plains.
Read moreHurricane Harvey triggered dozens of toxic releases from Houston chemical plants and refineries, and officials say the public health risks are unknown due to Texas’ industry-friendly rules that left it up to companies to report such incidents.
Read moreEight Haitians and Salvadorans here with temporary protected status claim in a federal complaint that “racial animus” tainted President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the immigration program.
Read moreGovernor Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Texas will get $5.5 billion in federal disaster-relief aid for Hurricane Harvey by the end of March, urging local leaders to spend much of those funds on flood-mitigation projects ahead of the next hurricane.
Read moreThe Houston City Council voted Wednesday to suspend restrictions against people living in trailers, RVs and shipping containers on their property, to help the more than 4,000 residents still displaced by Hurricane Harvey flooding.
Read moreMore than a century of energy colonialism by the United States has exacerbated the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s pummeling of Puerto Rico, a new study argues.
Read moreThe House has passed an $81 billion disaster aid measure that nearly doubles President Donald Trump’s most recent request for hurricane-hit Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico, along with regions of California ravaged by recent wildfires.
Read moreThe Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog is investigating how a fledgling Florida company won more than $30 million in contracts for desperately needed disaster relief supplies in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday ruled against three hurricane-damaged Texas churches seeking disaster-relief aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, finding the congregations unlikely to prove a ban on aid to churches is unconstitutional.
Read moreBy dropping its lawsuit, Whitefish Energy, the small Montana company that won a $300 million contract to restore energy to Puerto Rico, but lost the contract due to political furor, might get paid for the small amount of work it did do.
Read moreA small Montana company that landed and lost a $300 million contract to restore Puerto Rico’s hurricane-shattered electric grid has sued a subcontractor for allegedly interfering with tens of millions of dollars in payments.
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After Hurricane Maria damaged tens of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico, a newly created Florida company with an unproven record won more than $30 million in contracts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide emergency tarps and plastic sheeting for repairs.
Read moreConditions on the ground in Barbuda remain dire after the island was rendered uninhabitable in September by Hurricane Irma, the prime minister told reporters Monday, promoting a United Nations pledge drive.
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The White House sent a $44 billion disaster aid request to Congress on Friday, its third request since as many hurricanes tore through U.S. states and territories in a uniquely stormy summer.
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