Hurricanes keep coming, and our heads are stuck in the sand.
Twelve years ago, Hurricane Katrina killed 1,833 people in Louisiana and caused $160 billion in property damage. The federal government spent $120 billion to...
Ventura sets example for water conservation.
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Operators Jake Coffman, left, and Alexander Gonzales break down water hoses after using the Neutral Output-Discharge Elimination System. Known as NO-DES, it captures...
Haiti still hasn’t recovered from Hurricane Matthew. Now here comes Irma.
Aerial view of homes that were damaged during Hurricane Matthew in 2016.Rebecca Blackwell/APEven an intense rainstorm can cause death and destruction in Haiti, a...
How Irma became Irma: A monster storm six months in the making.
Irma has ripped a path of misery through the Caribbean and is aiming at Florida, but the first seed for its monster size and...
Florida’s beaches await Irma’s erosion wrath.
Six months ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finished a $12 million project to rebuild some of Florida’s prettiest shoreline. About 220,000 cubic yards...
Hurricane Irma is now a killer storm as track targets Florida.
Hurricane Irma is now a killer storm, leaving at least eight people dead in the Caribbean as the storm continues on a destructive path...
After the flood, the monster that grows like ‘the Blob’ — and doesn’t die.
Mike Williams uses a crow bar to remove window molding at a home in Atascocita, Tex., that was damaged by floodwater from Hurricane...
An enormous, urgent task: Hauling away Harvey's debris.
By JOHN SCHWARTZ and ALAN BLINDERSeptember 6, 2017HOUSTON — On Labor Day, Pireta Darby sat on the front porch of her house in the Kashmere Gardens neighborhood. The...
First Harvey, then Irma and Jose. Why? It's the season.
By HENRY FOUNTAINSeptember 6, 2017First came Hurricane Harvey, which barreled into Texas on Aug. 25. Now Irma, one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, is...
Receding floodwaters expose long-term health risks after Harvey.
Members of the Texas National Guard walk the streets of Orange as Texas slowly moves toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on...
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