To address concerns, the city of Galveston will issue mandatory evacuation orders 60 hours before tropical storm winds reach ...

As many as 3,000 people died as the dikes around Lake Okeechobee gave way to a wall of water, 20 feet in some places.

The costliest hurricane to impact the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina (2005), which caused an estimated $201.3 billion in damage. Hurricanes Harvey (2017) and Hurricane Ian rank second and third ...

Houston-Galveston Area Council officials said preparation is important as the 2025 hurricane season is forecasted to be more ...

The move comes after previous cutbacks in climate-related services and resources, and an ongoing staff shortage at the ...

Hurricane Harvey in 2017 flooded Houston homes and buildings with nearly 50 inches of rain. And 2008’s Hurricane Ike sent a storm surge though Galveston Bay that resulted in about $30 billion of ...

A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...

Strong winds broke loose a Celebrity Cruises ship from its moorings in Juneau, Alaska. The captain maneuvered the ship back ...

Galveston Area Council explains how evacuation routes are equipped with resources to ensure safety & a quick exit.

A concert from the Galveston Symphony Orchestra marked 160 years since enslaved people in Texas were officially freed – a day ...

Galveston marked Juneteenth with the annual reading of General Order No. 3 at Ashton Villa, commemorating the day enslaved Texans were declared free.

Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. ... so the hurricane that hit the Houston-Galveston area of Texas in late July came without warning, ...