In an era of unwelcome climate records Hurricane Harvey won't be the last.
Hurricane Harvey
From the US to India and China, human impact on the climate is likely to have made droughts and storms more severe –...
What did Donald Trump learn in Texas?
“You are special!” President Donald Trump said, to the thousand or so people who had gathered on Tuesday morning outside a firehouse in Corpus...
Why Harvey is stuck near Texas.
Meteorologists explain that Hurricane Harvey stalled off the Texas coast because two high-pressure atmospheric masses—huge bookends made of air—have squeezed it in place, and...
Houston flooding always hits poor, non-white neighborhoods hardest.
Ramit Plushnick-Masti woke just after 4:30 a.m. Sunday to find water seeping into the bathroom. She ran to the sunroom that faces her backyard...
Harvey again makes landfall, this time as a tropical storm, in western Louisiana.
As Harvey moved east on Aug. 29, a fire station on Keith Road in Lumberton, Tex. became a staging ground for rescue boats going...
Boston studying a hurricane barrier to combat flooding.
BOSTON (CBS) — With devastating flooding scenes coming out of Texas, some experts say Boston could experience its own catastrophic flooding in just a few...
Deadly gumbo and Houston's Katrina: Hurricane Harvey cuts close.
Looming catastrophes to the east and west reflect political failure.
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Harvey's toll on energy industry shows a Texas vulnerability.
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and HIROKO TABUCHIAugust 29, 2017HOUSTON — For years, much of the nation’s refinery capacity and chemical production have been concentrated along the swamps and narrow...
Harvey's damage in heart of Texas oil country creates quandary for Congress.
Even as the floodwaters continue to rise in East Texas, it's clear that Hurricane Harvey will force a new reckoning over major energy and...
Houston’s polluted Superfund sites threaten to contaminate floodwaters.
Signs south of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits U.S. EPA Superfund Site warns people not to consume fish from the area Friday,...
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